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2021 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 200
BY SENATORS MCMATH AND CORTEZ
TAX EXEMPTIONS. Exempts admissions to certain live entertainment events from state
sales and use tax. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 47:302(BB)(114), 305.5, 306.5(B)(14), 321(P)(115), 321.1(I)(115), and
3 331(V)(115), relative to state sales and use tax exemptions; to provide for a
4 temporary exemption from state sales and use tax for the sale of admission tickets
5 to live entertainment events at certain facilities; to authorize the secretary of the
6 Department of Revenue to promulgate rules; to provide for reporting requirements;
7 to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 47:302(BB)(114), 305.5, 306.5(B)(14), 321(P)(115), 321.1(I)(115),
10 and 331(V)(115) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §302. Imposition of tax
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13 BB. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including but
14 not limited to any contrary provisions of this Chapter, beginning July 1, 2018,
15 through June 30, 2025, there shall be no exemptions and no exclusions to the tax
16 levied pursuant to the provisions of this Section, except for the retail sale, use,
17 consumption, distribution, or storage for use or consumption of the following:
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2 (114) Sales of admission tickets to live entertainment events as provided
3 in R.S. 47:305.5.
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5 §305.5. Exclusions and Exemptions; admission tickets to live entertainment
6 events
7 A. Beginning July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2023, the sales and use tax
8 imposed by the state of Louisiana shall not apply to the sale of an admission
9 ticket to a live entertainment event.
10 B. For purposes of this Section:
11 (1) "Concert" means a musical performance of which the primary
12 component is a presentation by persons singing or playing musical instruments.
13 A "concert" shall not include any performance in which music is a part of the
14 presentation and the primary component is acting, dancing, a motion picture,
15 a variety show, an athletic event, an exhibition, or a speech.
16 (2) "Facility" shall mean any structure that has a roof or partial roof and
17 that has walls that wholly surround the area on all sides including but not
18 limited to a stadium, arena, ballroom, exhibition hall, convention center,
19 theater, or music hall.
20 (3) "Live entertainment event" shall mean a concert performed in this
21 state in front of a live audience in a facility with a minimum fixed seating
22 capacity of two thousand four hundred people.
23 (4) "Restricted entertainment area" means any wholly or partially
24 enclosed area, whether indoors or outdoors, that has limited access through
25 established entrances, turnstiles, or similar devices.
26 C. This Section shall not apply to a live entertainment event held in a
27 restricted entertainment area if one admission ticket entitles the holder to view
28 or participate in more than one live entertainment event occurring
29 simultaneously at different sites withing the restricted entertainment area.
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1 D. The secretary of the Department of Revenue may promulgate rules
2 and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
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4 §306.5. Annual reporting requirement
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6 B. The transactions listed in this Subsection shall be subject to the annual
7 reporting requirement.
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9 (14) Sales of admission tickets to live entertainment events as provided
10 in R.S. 47:305.5.
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12 §321. Imposition of tax
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14 P. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including but
15 not limited to any contrary provisions of this Chapter, beginning July 1, 2018,
16 through June 30, 2025, there shall be no exemptions and no exclusions to the tax
17 levied pursuant to the provisions of this Section, except for the retail sale, use,
18 consumption, distribution, or storage for use or consumption of the following:
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20 (115) Sales of admission tickets to live entertainment events as provided
21 in R.S. 47:305.5.
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23 §321.1. Imposition of tax
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25 I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including but
26 not limited to any contrary provisions of this Chapter, beginning July 1, 2018,
27 through June 30, 2025, there shall be no exemptions and no exclusions to the tax
28 levied pursuant to the provisions of this Section, except for the retail sale, use,
29 consumption, distribution, or storage for use or consumption of the following:
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2 (115) Sales of admission tickets to live entertainment events as provided
3 in R.S. 47:305.5.
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5 §331. Imposition of tax
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7 V. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including but
8 not limited to any contrary provisions of this Chapter, beginning July 1, 2018,
9 through June 30, 2025, there shall be no exemptions and no exclusions to the tax
10 levied pursuant to the provisions of this Section, except for the retail sale, use,
11 consumption, distribution, or storage for use or consumption of the following:
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13 (115) Sales of admission tickets to live entertainment events as provided
14 in R.S. 47:305.5.
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16 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
17 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
18 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
19 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
20 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Lann.
DIGEST
SB 200 Original 2021 Regular Session McMath
Proposed law provides for a state sales tax exemption beginning July 1, 2021, through
June 30, 2023, for admission tickets to live entertainment events at certain facilities.
Present law provides for the exclusive list of sales and use tax exemptions that are effective
through June 30, 2025, for each of the four major state sales tax levies.
Proposed law adds the sales tax exemption for the sale of admission tickets to live
entertainment events to the list of effective sales tax exemptions.
Proposed law defines the following terms:
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(1)"Concert" means a musical performance of which the primary component is a
presentation by persons singing or playing musical instruments. A "concert" does not
include any performance in which music is a part of the presentation and the primary
component of which is acting, dancing, a motion picture, a variety show, an athletic
event, an exhibition, or a speech.
(2) "Facility" means any structure that has a roof or partial roof and that has walls that
wholly surround the area on all sides including but not limited to a stadium, arena,
ballroom, exhibition hall, convention center, theater, or music hall.
(3)"Live entertainment event" means a concert performed in this state in front of a live
audience in a facility with a minimum fixed seating capacity of 2,400 people.
(4) "Restricted entertainment area" means any wholly or partially enclosed area, whether
indoors or outdoors, that has limited access through established entrances, turnstiles,
or similar devices.
Proposed law authorizes the secretary of the Dept. of Revenue to promulgate rules and
regulations necessary to implement the provisions of proposed law.
Proposed law prohibits the tax exemption for the sale of admission tickets to a live
entertainment event held in a restricted entertainment area if one admission ticket entitles
the holder to view or participate in more than one live entertainment event occurring
simultaneously at different sites withing the restricted entertainment area.
Present law (R.S. 47:306.5) provides a list of sales tax exemptions that are subject to an
annual reporting requirement based on transactions occurring during the previous fiscal year.
Proposed law adds the sales of admission tickets to live entertainment events to the list of
sales tax exemptions subject to the annual reporting requirement.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 47:302(BB)(114), 305.5, 306.5(B)(14), 321(P)(115), 321.1(I)(115), and
331(V)(115))
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