2016 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages
RS 26:341 - Tax on beverages of high and low alcoholic content; importers of wine

PART III. GALLONAGE TAX

§341. Tax on beverages of high and low alcoholic content; importers of wine

            A. The following excise or license taxes are levied on all beverages of high alcoholic content handled in Louisiana:

            (1) Liquors; at the rate of eighty cents per liter.

            (2) Sparkling wines; fifty-five cents per liter.

            (3) Still wines:

            (a) Of an alcoholic content of not more than fourteen percent by volume--at the rate of twenty cents per liter.

            (b) Of an alcoholic content of more than fourteen percent by volume but no more than twenty-four percent by volume--at the rate of thirty-five cents per liter.

            (c) Of an alcoholic content of more than twenty-four percent by volume--at the rate of fifty-five cents per liter.

            (4) Malt beverages; at the rate of twelve dollars and fifty cents per barrel containing not more than thirty-one standard gallons and at a like rate for fractional parts of a barrel.

            (5) Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.

            B. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.

            Amended by Acts 1956, No. 152, §1; Acts 1970, No. 272, §1; Acts 1978, No. 441, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1990, No. 736, §1; Acts 1998, No. 71, §1, eff. June 25, 1998; Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006; Acts 2016, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. April 1, 2016.