Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, Calcasieu Parish LED Dist. 1,
Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau
FILING EXTENSION GRANTED FOR TAXPAYERS AFFECTED BY RECENT FLOODING
Taxpayers
required to file local sales and use tax and occupancy tax returns for Calcasieu
Parish are being granted extensions for
July 2016 returns.
The due date for qualifying returns and payments will be September 20th,
and they will be considered delinquent if not paid on or before September 21st.
Extensions have been granted to taxpayers whose filing
addresses or those of their tax preparers are located in Louisiana declared as
federal disaster areas by President Obama for the recent severe flooding.
Similar consideration will be given to taxpayers who may reside outside the
disaster areas but whose books, records, or tax professionals are located in the
relief areas.
Louisiana parishes that have been declared federal disaster areas by President
Obama in the aftermath of this flooding event are as follows:
Acadia, Ascension, Avoyelles,
East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson
Davis, Lafayette, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Landry, St. Martin,
St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Vermilion, Washington, and West Feliciana.
In order to claim the filing extension, taxpayers are instructed to write "South
LA Flooding 2016" in BLACK at the
top of the return.
Taxpayers and/or preparers who utilize electronic filing are instructed
to print and mail their returns as the electronic systems are incapable of
handling partial extensions. Questions may be directed to our office at
337-217-4280 during normal business hours.
ADDITIONAL SALES TAX INCREASE IN SULPHUR BEGINS JULY 1, 2016
There is another 2% sales tax increase to take effect July 1, 2016. Please click here to see a map of the boundaries of this district that is located within the Executive Economic Development District. This rate increase is NOT for the entire City of Sulphur. Currently, there are no businesses that are located in this district.
This will appear on Column K (Executive Economic Development District) of the parish sales tax return. This increase will bring the overall rate for sales and use tax in Column K (Executive EDD) to 7.75%. The new rate will also reflect an increase of 2% hotel/motel tax on Column D (Executive Economic Development District) of the parish hotel/motel return. This increase will bring the overall rate for hotel/motel tax in Column D (Executive EDD) to 6%.
ADDITIONAL SALES TAX INCREASE IN SULPHUR BEGINS APRIL 1, 2016There is another 2% sales tax increase to take effect April 1, 2016. Please click here to see a map of the boundaries of this district that is located within the Opelram Economic Development District. This rate increase is NOT for the entire City of Sulphur. Currently, there are no businesses that are located in this district.
This will appear on Column J (Opelram Economic Development District) of the parish sales tax return. This increase will bring the overall rate for sales and use tax in Column J (Opelram EDD) to 7.75%. The new rate will also reflect an increase of 2% hotel/motel tax on Column C (Opelram Economic Development District) of the parish hotel/motel return. This increase will bring the overall rate for hotel/motel tax in Column C (Opelram EDD) to 6%.
ADDITIONAL SALES TAX INCREASE BEGINS JANUARY 1, 2016
The Calcasieu Parish Sales & Use Tax Office wishes to inform all dealers of an
impending sales/use tax rate increase to take effect January 1, 2016. The rate increase will
appear on Column B (City of Lake Charles) of the parish sales
tax return. Voters residing within Lake Charles approved the City of Lake
Charles
tax increase in an election held for this purpose October 24, 2015. The new rate will
reflect an increase of .25% which will bring the overall sales/use tax rate in Column B (City of Lake Charles) to 5.75%.
In addition, there is another 2% sales tax increase to take effect January 1, 2016. This will appear on Column I (Hope Economic Development District) of the parish sales tax return. This increase will bring the overall rate for sales and use tax in Column I (Hope EDD) to 7.75%. The new rate will also reflect an increase of 2% hotel/motel tax on Column B (Hope Economic Development District) of the parish hotel/motel return. This increase will bring the overall rate for hotel/motel tax in Column B (Hope EDD) to 6%. Please click here to see a map of the boundaries of this district that is located within the Hope Economic Development District.This rate increase is NOT for the entire City of Sulphur. Currently, there are no businesses that are located in this district.
RESALE EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES DISCONTINUED AT LOCAL LEVEL
Effective November 1, 2009, locally prepared Resale Exemption Certificates shall no longer be issued by the Calcasieu Parish Sales/Use Tax Office. Resale exemption certificates R-1064 or R-1055 will now be issued by the LA Department of Revenue. Existing retail dealers should have received their certificate(s) already while new registrants will receive them either by virtue of their business classification (NAICS Code) or through application.
Since the LA Department of Revenue commenced the issuance of their Resale Exemption Certificate effective Nov. 1, 2009, the Calcasieu Parish Sales/Use Tax Office discontinued issuance of a local certificate. We advised our local dealers that they could accept the LA State Resale Exemption in lieu of a local certificate. Act 438 of the 2012 Legislative Session states that local tax collections shall accept an exemption certificate issued by the DOR. Local certificates may be requested for intra-parish activity as an exception. Calcasieu does not require dealers to have a local certificate if they have secured their state resale exemption certificate. Interested parties should visit the Department's website at www.rev.state.la.us for further information.
CREDIT CARDS
Effective September 1, 2012, credit cards are no longer accepted.
CLOSING YOUR BUSINESS?
If you need to close your business, let us know by completing the Business Closure form on our website and either faxing or mailing it to us. We must have notice of the closure in writing, and this form will give us all of the necessary information. Please make sure all returns have been filed up to the date the business actually ceased operating.
ONLINE FILING RESOURCES
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has set up a website that allows businesses to pay their sales taxes from one central online location. The site, called Parish E-File, began taking forms and payments on October 1, 2008.
No fees are required to use the site, which allows businesses to file and pay state sales taxes and local sales taxes for all 64 parishes.
Registration requires an email address, a bank account number and sales tax account numbers. The site is at https://parishe-file.revenue. louisiana.gov/. Parishe-file.com - a growing success!
In addition SalesTaxOnline (www.salestaxonline.com) is available for taxpayers to file sales tax returns online. Dealers must register in advance with SalesTaxOnline to be able to file online. Both services are offered free of charge to all dealers. BAILEYLINK WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE FILING AFTER APRIL 30, 2015.
QUESTIONS & COMMENTS
If you need to find information regarding local sales tax, have a question about a particular tax issue or need a form or application, and have been unable to locate it on our website, please let us know. Click here to contact us with your suggestions and comments.
Office Hours
Hours of business remain as 8:00am to 4:30pm, open during lunch, Monday through Friday. Summer hours (June and July) are 8:00am to 4:00pm, open during lunch. Telephone numbers
are main line (337) 217-4280, fax (337) 217-4281. Additional information can be found on this website as well as www.laota.com.
Independence Day..................July 4th
Labor Day..............................Sept 5th
Election Day ...........................Nov 8th
Veterans Day..........................Nov 11th
Thanksgiving....................Nov 21st - 25th
Christmas/New Year............Dec 19th-30th
Martin Luther King.................Jan 16th
Mardi Gras.….................Feb 27th - Mar 1st
Easter/Spring Break...........Apr 14th – 21st
DID YOU KNOW...
** You can register with Calcasieu Parish online at www.laota.com.
** You can file your returns online by going to www.salestaxonline.com to register with RamWare. Both state and local tax returns may be filed at https://parishe-file.revenue.louisiana.gov/.
ACCESS FORMS ONLINE!
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Emergency Information for Employees, Parents and Students
In the event of a district wide emergency, such as an evacuation, employees and parents/students are to monitor one of the following sources frequently for current status reports:
337-217-INFO (4636) - Recorded message concerning evacuations, return to school/work, etc.
www.cpsb.org - School system website with current information concerning evacuations, return to school/work, etc.
Employee Mass Email - Updates sent to all employees with email addresses
Site Phone Tree for Employees - Each work site will have a phone tree for employee to employee communication updates
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