Liskow attorneys Caroline Lafourcade and Cheryl Kornick secured a major win for Kellogg Brown & Root, LLC (KBR) at the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) earlier this year in a dispute with a local tax collector regarding the scope of the manufacturing machinery and equipment (MM&E) exclusion from sales tax on materials and equipment
Last week, the Louisiana Department of Revenue (the “Department”) issued guidance regarding recent sales and use tax law changes.
The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) recently issued Louisiana Revenue Information Bulletin No. 25-022, 08/08/2025, announcing changes to the sales tax exemption for certain purchases made by construction contractors.
Exemption for certain construction contracts
During the 2025 Regular Session, the Louisiana Legislature extended the sales tax exemption to certain purchases by general contractors and
The IRS recently added 21 new chemicals to the List of taxable substances subject to the Superfund Chemical Excise Taxes and corrected a typographical error in guidance on the spelling of sodium nitrilotriacetate monohydrate and prescribed a tax rate of $3.97 per ton for the substance, effective July 1, 2022.
The Superfund Chemical Excise Taxes
Governor Jeff Landry signed Act 384 into law on June 20, 2025, making changes to the sales and use tax provisions of the revised statutes. Included in the changes was an amendment to Section 305.1 of Title 47, which provides an exemption for certain vessel-related supplies and services. The ships and ships’ supplies exemption has
Liskow attorneys Cheryl Kornick, Bob Angelico, and Tyler Trew achieved a victory for the University of New Orleans Research and Technology Foundation (“UNORTF”) in a significant legal battle concerning property tax exemptions. The case was tried before the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals, which found after a trial on the merits that the
Despite voters rejecting several tax-related constitutional amendments in a March referendum, the Louisiana Legislature has approved two new amendments to appear on the ballot next April. The two amendments would afford the Legislature more flexibility in developing budgets and making tax changes.
While several bills were considered that would restructure the state’s severance tax scheme on oil and gas during Louisiana’s 2025 regular legislative session, three bills aimed to stimulate drilling activity and attract jobs in the energy sector were passed and sent to Governor Jeff Landry for his signature.
On June 4, 2025, Governor Jeff Landry signed Act 82 into law, making changes to the definition of “marketplace facilitator” for nexus purposes.
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Wisconsin violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution by denying a Catholic social ministry group the same unemployment tax exemption granted to churches and other religious organizations. The decision, authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, emphasized that the state’s refusal constituted religious discrimination