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
On July 25, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Private Letter Ruling 202530002, where it summarized the requirements for aggregating separate nonoperating mineral interests into a single property under Section 614(e) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and Section 1.614-5(d) of the Treasury Regulations (Regulations) for purposes of computing the depletion deduction. Under Section
President Donald J. Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, H.R. 1, 119th Cong., on July 4th, just one day after the House passed it on a 218-214 vote.
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
The IRS has obsoleted nine pieces of sub regulatory guidance in accordance with an executive order by President Trump to improve government efficiency by reducing regulations. In identifying the guidance documents for removal, the IRS determined that these guidance documents no longer provide useful information.
Among the guidance obsoleted by Notice 2025-22 is Notice 2015-73
On April 3, 2025, the Louisiana Department of Revenue published Revenue Information Bulletin No. 25-013 clarifying the proper sales and use tax treatment for rentals of cranes and other equipment with operators.