§6017. Tax credits for certain expenses paid by economic development corporations
A. There shall be allowed a credit against any Louisiana income or corporation
franchise taxes for the filing fee paid to the Louisiana State Bond Commission that is
incurred by an economic development corporation in the preparation and issuance of bonds,
as provided for in Chapter 27 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. The
credit shall be an amount equal to seventy-two percent of the amount of the filing fee paid
to the Louisiana State Bond Commission that is incurred by the corporation in the
preparation and issuance of the bonds.
B. Any such credit shall be taken as a credit against the applicable tax or taxes in the
taxable period in which the expenses were incurred. The total of all such credits taken in a
taxable year shall not exceed the total tax liability for that taxable year.
C. Commencing no later than January 31, 2016, the House Committee on Ways and
Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs shall review the credit
authorized pursuant to the provisions of this Section to determine if the economic benefit
provided by such credit outweighs the loss of revenue realized by the state as a result of
awarding such credit. The House and Senate committees shall make a specific
recommendation no later than March 1, 2017, to either continue the credit or to terminate the
credit.
Acts 2002, No. 78, §1, eff. June 25, 2002; Acts 2015, No. 125, §2, eff. July 1, 2015;
Acts 2015, No. 357, §1, eff. June 29, 2015; Acts 2016, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 29, §2; Acts 2017,
No. 400, §§1, 4, eff. June 26, 2017.
NOTE: See Acts 2015, No. 125, §7, regarding applicability.
NOTE: See Acts 2016, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 29, §2, regarding effectiveness.