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2023 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 6
BY SENATOR ALLAIN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
TAX/FRANCHISE/CORPORATE. Reduces the rate of the Quality Jobs Program project
facility expense rebate when certain conditions are met. (1/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 51:2456(B)(2), relative to the Quality Jobs Program sales and use tax and
3 qualified capital expenditure rebates; to provide for the reduction of the rebates
4 under certain conditions; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 51:2456(B)(2) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2456. Rebate; payments
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9 B. * * *
10 (2) Notwithstanding any provision of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection,
11 R.S. 51:2457, or any other law to the contrary, for advance notifications filed
12 after December 31, 2023, the sales and use tax rebates and the project facility
13 expense rebate authorized by this Chapter shall be reduced as follows:
14 (a) If the corporation franchise tax rate is reduced pursuant to R.S.
15 47:601.2, the amount of the rebates shall be reduced by the same percentage by
16 which the franchise tax rate is reduced beginning in the year in which the rate
17 reduction is first applicable.
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1 (b) If the corporation franchise tax rate is reduced pursuant to an act of
2 the legislature, the amount of the rebates shall be reduced by the same
3 percentage by which the franchise tax rate is reduced beginning in the year in
4 which the rate reduction is first applicable.
5 (c) If the corporation franchise tax is repealed, no rebates shall be
6 granted after the effective date of the repeal.
7 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2024; if vetoed by the
8 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
9 the day following such approval by the legislature or January 1, 2024, whichever is later.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Leonore Heavey.
DIGEST
SB 6 Original 2023 Regular Session Allain
Present law provides for the Quality Jobs Program under which employers that meet certain
conditions are eligible to receive payroll rebates on certain payroll expenses as well as
rebates of certain costs associated with the materials and equipment needed to complete the
project.
Present law authorizes either a rebate of all state sales and use taxes on purchases of
materials used in the construction of a building and machinery and equipment used in the
enterprise related to the quality jobs contract or a rebate of one and one-half percent of the
qualified capital expenditures for the facility designated in the contract.
Present law also authorizes a rebate of local sales and use taxes on purchases of materials
used in the construction of a building and machinery and equipment.
Proposed law provides for reductions of the amount of these rebates if the corporate
franchise tax is reduced or eliminated as follows:
(1)If the automatic rate reduction trigger reduces the franchise tax by operation of law,
the rebates will be reduced by the same percentage as the reduction in the franchise
tax rate.
(2)If the legislature reduces the franchise tax through a legislative act, the rebates will
be reduced by the same percentage as the reduction in the franchise tax rate.
(3)If the franchise tax is repealed, no rebates will be granted.
Proposed law applies only to contracts for which advance notifications are filed after
December 31, 2023, and will not apply to existing contracts.
Effective January 1, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 51:2456(B)(2))
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