2020 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation
§287.85. Federal income tax deduction
RS 287.85 - Federal income tax deduction
A. In computing Louisiana taxable income under R.S. 47:287.79, there shall be allowed as a deduction federal income taxes paid.
B. For purposes of this Section, federal income taxes shall include taxes based on net income, accumulated earnings, war profits, excess profits, personal holding company income, and tax from recomputation of investment credit. The alternative minimum tax is a federal income tax allowable to the extent provided in R.S. 47:287.83(B).
C.(1) The amount of federal income tax to be deducted shall be that portion of the total federal income tax, after all credits, which is levied with respect to the particular income derived from sources in this state to be computed in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the secretary. Proper adjustment shall be made for the actual tax rates applying to different classes of income and for all differences in the computation of net income for purposes of federal income taxation as compared to the computation of net income under this Part.
(2) "Credits" as used in this Subsection does not include overpayments of prior year taxes allowed as a credit, estimated tax payments or similar prepayments, credit for prior year alternative minimum tax which is allowed as a credit against the current regular federal income tax, or federal income tax credits determined by the secretary to be presidential disaster area disaster relief credits.
D. A corporation that files or is included with affiliates in a consolidated federal income tax return shall compute its federal income tax deduction in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the secretary.
Acts 1986, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1, eff. Dec. 24, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 53, §1; Acts 1997, No. 165, §1, eff. June 13, 1997, for taxable periods that have not prescribed on June 13, 1997; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 23, §1, eff. Jan. 21, 2006.
NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 53, §2.
