2020 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation
§300.6. Louisiana taxable income of resident estate or trust

RS 300.6 - Louisiana taxable income of resident estate or trust

A. Definition. "Louisiana taxable income" of a resident estate or trust means the taxable income of the estate or trust determined in accordance with federal law for the same taxable year, as specifically modified by the provisions contained in Subsection B of this Section, less a federal income tax deduction to be computed following the provisions of R.S. 47:287.83 and 287.85.

B. Modification. For purposes of this Section, federal taxable income shall be modified by adding or subtracting the items set forth below:

(1) There shall be added to federal taxable income, unless already included therein:

(a) Interest on obligations of a state or political or municipal subdivision thereof, other than Louisiana and its municipalities, title to which obligations vested with the resident estate, trust, or fiduciary on or subsequent to January 1, 1980.

(b) Net income taxes paid to any state or political or municipal subdivision thereof within the taxable year.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1998, No. 61, §2.

(2) There shall be subtracted from federal taxable income, unless already excluded therefrom:

(a) Any income that is exempt from taxation under the laws of Louisiana or that Louisiana is prohibited from taxing by the constitution or laws of the United States.

(b) Deductions from gross income or depletion.

(i) In computing net income in the case of oil and gas wells, there shall be allowed as a deduction cost depletion as defined under federal law or percentage depletion as provided for in Item (ii) whichever is greater.

(ii) In the case of oil and gas wells, the percentage depletion provided for in Item (i) shall be twenty-two percent of gross income from the property during the taxable year, excluding from such gross income an amount equal to any rents or royalties paid or incurred by the taxpayer in respect of the property. Such allowance shall not exceed fifty percent of the net income of the taxpayer, computed without allowance for depletion from the property. In determining net income from the property, federal income taxes shall be considered an expense.

(c) An exemption amount, that when combined with the federal exemption amounts allowed under 26 U.S.C. 642(b) used to calculate federal taxable income, would total two thousand five hundred dollars.

(d) The amount of the exclusion provided for in R.S. 47:297.3 for S Bank shareholders.

Acts 1996, No. 41, §1, eff. for taxable periods beginning after Dec. 31, 1996; Acts 1998, No. 61, §§1, 2, eff. for taxable periods beginning after Dec. 31, 1997; Acts 2000, No. 40, §1, eff. for taxable periods beginning after Dec. 31, 2000; Acts 2002, No. 30, §1, eff. for taxable periods beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2003; Acts 2016, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 30, §1.

NOTE: FOR TAXABLE PERIODS BEGINNING PRIOR TO JAN. 1, 1998, THE TAX SHALL BE AS REQUIRED BY LAW PRIOR TO JAN. 1, 1997.