Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 61 - REVENUE AND TAXATION
Part III - Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 15 - Mandatory Electronic Filing of Tax Returns and Payment
Section III-1517 - Hotel and Motel Sales Tax Return, Form R-1029DS-Electronic Filing Requirement

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-1517

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Acts 1966, No. 556; Acts 1991, No. 624; Acts 1992, No. 1099; Acts 1993, No. 640; Acts 1995, No. 1191 authorize the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District to collect a tax of 4 percent of the gross proceeds from hotel and motel room rentals in the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson as defined in R.S. 47:301(8). Acts 1978, No. 305; Acts 1980, No. 99; Acts 1987, No. 390; Acts 2002 1st Ex. Sess., No. 72 authorize the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority to collect a tax of 3 percent on the gross proceeds from hotel and motel room rentals in Orleans parish as defined in R.S. 47:301(8).

B. The Department of Revenue is required to collect the 4 percent room occupancy tax and distribute it to the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District. The Department of Revenue is also required to collect the 3 percent room occupancy tax and distribute it to the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority.

C. Effective with the July 2009 filing period, dealers who collect the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District room occupancy tax or the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority room occupancy tax will be required to file the Hotel and Motel Sales Tax return, Form R-1029DS, electronically with the Department of Revenue using the electronic format prescribed by the department.

D. Failure to comply with this electronic filing requirement will result in the assessment of a penalty of $100 or 5 percent of the tax, whichever is greater, as provided by R.S. 47:1520(B).

1. If it is determined that the failure to comply is attributable, not to the negligence of the taxpayer, but to other cause set forth in written form and considered reasonable by the secretary, the secretary may remit or waive payment of the whole or any part of the penalty.

2. If the penalty exceeds $25,000, it may be waived by the secretary only after approval by the Board of Tax Appeals.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 47:1511, 47:1520, and Acts 1966, No. 556; Acts 1991, No. 624; Acts 1992, No. 1099; Acts 1993, No. 640; Acts 1995, No. 1191.

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