Search Results for : July 1, 2021

Contact Information

Physical Address:
117 Belview Road
Leesville, LA 71446

Mailing Address:
117 Belview Road
Leesville, LA 71446

Phone: (337) 239-1631
Fax: (337) 239-3905
Email: Denise White, Assistant Office Manager

Parish Rates

Effective 7/1/2018: **The rate table below includes the Louisiana State Rate decrease effective July 1, 2018.**

Effective 1/1/2012: **The rate table below includes the Louisiana State Rate increase effective April 1, 2016.**

Office Hours & Holidays

Normal Business Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Closed for Lunch from 12 pm – 1 pm
Summer Schedule 2010: Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am – 3:00 pm, Closed 11:30 am – 12:00 pm for lunch, Closed on Fridays

Holidays (subject to change each year): New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Good Friday (Easter), Mardi Gras (Monday & Tuesday), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Election Day, Thanksgiving Week, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

Notices

Vernon Parish Sales Tax Rate Increase: Effective 1/1/2012
Sales tax rate for Column D (Town of Rosepine) has increased by 0.50%. The old rate was 5.00%. The new rate is 5.50%.

Forms

Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 01/01/2023)
Instructions for Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 01/01/2023)
Hotel/Motel/Tourism Form (Effective 4/1/2022)
Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 05/01/2021)
Instructions for Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 05/01/2012)

Parish Sales & Use Tax Ordinances

Please contact the parish for a copy of the sales & use tax ordinances.

Parish Optional Exemptions

Please contact the parish for information regarding optional exemptions.

Audit Information

Contact Information

Physical Address:
106 N. Myrtle Street
Amite, LA 70422

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 159
Amite, LA 70422

Phone: (985) 748-5229 Ext. 404
Fax: (985) 748-2489
Email: Donna Drude, Sales Tax Administrator

Parish Rates

Effective 7/1/2021: **Tangipahoa Parish recently voted in a .5% Educational Facilities Improvement District Tax. Educational Facilities Improvement District Tax does not apply to food for home consumption or prescription drugs.**

Effective 7/1/2018: **The rate table below includes the Louisiana State Rate decrease effective July 1, 2018.**

Office Hours & Holidays

Normal Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Summer Hours: Monday – Thursday 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Holidays: Martin Luther King Day, Mardi Gras (3 days), Easter (3 days), Independence Day, Labor Day, Tangipahoa Parish Fair Day, Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas/New Year’s (2 weeks).

(Holiday Schedule is subject to change.)

Notices

No notices at this time.

Forms

Effective 7/1/2021 – Sales and Use Tax Report:
Effective 7/1/2018 – Sales and Use Tax Report:

Parish Sales & Use Tax Ordinances

Please contact the parish for a copy of the sales & use tax ordinances.

Parish Optional Exemptions

Please contact the parish for information regarding optional exemptions.

Audit Information

Please contact the parish for audit information.

Contact Information

Physical Address:
1876 W. Main Street
Lutcher, LA 70071

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 368
Lutcher, LA 70071-0368

Phone: (225) 258-4500 ext. 4551
Fax: (225) 258-8105
Email: Neshelle S. Nogess, Director of Sales & Use Tax

Parish Rates

Effective 7/1/2018: **The rate table below includes the Louisiana State Rate decrease effective July 1, 2018.**

Effective 01/01/2021: ** New Hotel / Motel Occupancy Tax Rate Effective 1/1/2021 **

** Hotel / Motel Occupancy Tax Rate Effective 1/1/2004 – 12/31/2020 **

Effective 1/1/2014 – 6/30/2018

Office Hours & Holidays

Normal Business Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Summer Schedule (June & July): Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am to 4:45 pm, Closed on Fridays

Notices

NOTIFICATION OF HOTEL MOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX RATE CHANGE & COLLECTION
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2021

On August 20, 2020, the River Parishes Tourist Commission passed Ordinance Number 20-01 which levies a four percent (4%) hotel / motel occupancy tax in within the River Parishes Convention, Tourist and Visitors District established in Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:4574.12 (River Parishes Convention, Tourist, and Visitors District; Commission).

The word “hotel / motel” as defined by Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:4574.12(D)(1)(b) shall mean and includes any establishment or person engaged in the business of furnishing sleeping rooms, cottages, or cabins to transient guests, where such establishment consists of sleeping rooms, cottages, or cabins at any of the following:

• (i) A single business location.
• (ii) A residential location, including but not limited to a house, apartment, condominium, camp, cabin, or other building structure used as a residence.
• (iii) For purposes of this Chapter, hotel shall not mean or include any establishment or person leasing apartments or single family dwelling on a month-to-month basis.

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2021, OCCUPANCY TAX IN ST. JAMES PARISH WILL INCREASE FROM CURRENT RATE OF TWO PERCENT (2%) TO FOUR PERCENT (4%)

The St. James Parish School Board Sales & Use Tax Department through its continued intergovernmental agreement with the River Parishes Tourist Commission shall collect the occupancy tax. Please note that the occupancy tax is SEPARATE AND APART from the local sales and use tax imposed by the ordinances of the governmental taxing jurisdictions of St. James Parish that includes the St. James Parish School Board (2.5%), St. James Parish Council (1%), the Incorporated Town of Gramercy (1.5%) and the Incorporated Town of Lutcher (2%).

Notice of Sales Tax Rate Change

You may register your business and file the sales / use tax and hotel /motel occupancy tax returns online at either of the following websites: https://parishe-file.revenue.louisiana.gov/default_1.aspx or https://secure.salestaxonline.com/default_sto.aspx.

Forms

Sales & Use Tax Report (Effective 1/1/2023)
Sales & Use Tax Report (Effective 7/1/2018)
Hotel-Motel Sales & Use and Occupancy Tax Report (Effective 01/01/2021)
Hotel-Motel Sales & Use and Occupancy Tax Report Instructions  (Effective 01/01/2021)
Hotel-Motel Sales & Use and Occupancy Tax Report (Effective 7/1/2018 through 12/31/2020)
Hotel-Motel Sales & Use and Occupancy Tax Report Instructions (Effective 7/1/2018 through 12/31/2020)
Sales & Use Tax Report (Effective 1/1/2014 through 6/30/2018)
Sales & Use Tax Report Instructions (Effective 1/1/2014 through 6/30/2018)
Hotel-Motel Sales & Use and Occupancy Tax Report (Effective 1/1/2014 through 6/30/2018)
Hotel-Motel Sales & Use and Occupancy Tax Report Instructions (Effective 1/1/2014 through 6/30/2018)
Resale Certificate Application for Currently Registered Businesses
Claim For Refund (Effective 7/1/2018)

Parish Sales & Use Tax Ordinances

Please contact the parish for a copy of the sales & use tax ordinances.

Parish Optional Exemptions

Manufacturing Machinery & Equipment Exclusion: Effective 1/1/2011

The St. James Parish Council passed Ordinance Number 10-20, a local option exemption excluding the sales, cost, or lease or rental price of manufacturing machinery and equipment for iron and steel mills (NAICS Code 331111) located in St. James Parish from the Parish Council’s one-percent (1%) local sales and use tax as adopted by Ordinance No. C-81-7 on May 6, 1981. The effective date of this exclusion is January 1, 2011.

A business which does not have the specific NAICS Code 331111 cannot claim the 1% exclusion. The exclusion is calculated on lines 16a, 16b, and 16c of Column A on the St. James Parish School Board Sales & Use Tax Return

Audit Information

Contact Information

Physical Address:
160 East Main Street
New Roads, LA 70760

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 290
New Roads, LA 70760

Phone: (225) 638-5538
Fax: (225) 638-5555
Email: Ronell Roubique, Administrator

Parish Rates

Effective 7/1/2024: **The rate table below includes the new 18th Judicial Enforcement District tax effective July 1, 2024**

Effective 7/1/2018: **The rate table below includes the Louisiana State Rate decrease effective July 1, 2018.**

Effective 4/1/2016: **The rate table below includes the Louisiana State Rate increase effective April 1, 2016.**

Office Hours & Holidays

Normal Business Hours: Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am to 5:00 pm and Friday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

Holidays: New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Mardi Gras (Monday & Tuesday), Good Friday (Easter), Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

Notices

No notices at this time.

Forms

Parish of Point Coupee – Sales & Use Tax Report (Effective 7/1/2024)
Parish of Point Coupee – Sales & Use Tax Report (Effective 1/1/2023)
Parish of Point Coupee – Sales & Use Tax Report
Parish of Pointe Coupee – Hotel/Motel Tax Report
City of New Roads – Hotel/Motel Tax Report

Parish Sales & Use Tax Ordinances

Please contact the parish for a copy of the sales & use tax ordinances.

Parish Optional Exemptions

Please contact the parish for information regarding optional exemptions.

Audit Information

Contact Information

Physical Address:
220 East 5th Street
Natchitoches, LA 71457

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 639
Natchitoches, LA 71458-0639

Phone: (318) 357-8871
Fax: (318) 357-0622
Email: Laura D. Jeffcoat, Administrator
Website: Natchitoches Parish Tax Commission

Parish Rates

Effective 4/1/2024: **The following rate table is changed due to the addition of EDD I, II, III, & IV for the Parish of Natchitoches 2% Sales Tax, effective April 1, 2024.**

Effective 10/1/2023: **The following rate table is changed due to the addition of EDD F for the City of Natchitoches 2% Sales Tax, effective October 1, 2023.**

Effective 4/1/2023: **The rate table below includes Columns A2 and A3, effective April 1, 2023.**

Effective 1/1/2023:  **The rate table below includes the increase of Sales & Use tax of 1% in Natchitoches Economic Development District E effective January 1, 2023.**

Effective 7/1/2021:  **The Village of Goldonna will levy a Sales Tax of 1% in Column G.**

Effective 1/1/2021:  **The following rate table is changed due to the Parish of Natchitoches 1% Sales Tax expiring December 31, 2020.**

Effective 1/1/2020:  ** Effective 1/1/2020: Addition of EDD-A and EDD-C **

Office Hours & Holidays

Normal Business Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm

Holidays: New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Good Friday (Easter), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

Notices

Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase (District 1/EDD I)
Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase (District 1/EDD II)
Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase (District 1/EDD III)
Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase (District 1/EDD IV)
Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase (EDD F) – Effective October 1, 2023
Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase – Effective January 1, 2023
Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase – Effective July 1, 2017

Links

• Natchitoches Parish Tax Assessor’s Office
• Natchitoches Parish Tax Commission
• Property Tax Online Payments

Forms

Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 4/1/2024)
Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 10/1/2023)
Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 4/1/2023)
Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 1/1/2023)
Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 7/1/2021)
Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 1/1/2021)
Sales and Use Tax Report (Effective 1/1/2020)
Hotel-Motel Tax Report (Effective 4/1/2024)
Hotel-Motel Tax Report (Effective 7/1/2011)
Hotel-Motel Tax Report (Effective through 6/30/2011)
Insurance Application
Application for Occupational License
Itinerant Vendor Application

Parish Sales & Use Tax Ordinances

Please contact the parish for a copy of the sales & use tax ordinances.

Parish Optional Exemptions

Please contact the parish for information regarding optional exemptions.

Audit Information

The Natchitoches Tax Commission has on-staff auditors. They may be contacted by email [email protected] or telephone: (318) 238-2727.