Industrial Tax Exemption
Benefit
Property tax abatement: provides a 100% property tax abatement for up to 10 years on manufacturer’s qualifying capital investments
Eligibility (Not Comprehensive)
Businesses must be classified as a manufacturer or related to the manufacturing project in order to receive the benefits of the ITEP program. ITEP is only available for activities related to manufacturers.
The program can be used by manufacturers new to Louisiana and is also available to exiting manufacturers in Louisiana with new investments and miscellaneous capital additions to existing facilities.
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Rebate: provides a payroll rebate of up to 15% in target sectors for up to 10 years and either a 4% sales/use tax rebate on capital expenditures or a facility expense rebate equal to 1.2% of capital expenditures, excluding tax-exempted items.
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Tax credit program: provides a 35% refundable tax credit for Louisiana resident labor expenditures and up to a 25% refundable tax credit on qualified production expenditures.
Eligibility (Not Comprehensive)
Open to all companies producing digital interactive media products or platforms in...
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Tax credit program: provides a one-time $2,500 tax credit per certified net new permanent, full-time job, and either a 4% sales/use tax rebate on qualifying expenses or an investment tax credit equal to 1.5% of capital expenditures, excluding tax-exempted items.
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Workforce development program: provides workforce recruitment, screening and training to eligible new and expanding Louisiana companies at no cost.
Eligibility (Not Comprehensive)
Any manufacturing, digital media, corporate headquarters, warehouse and distribution, research and development or other strategic facility must commit to...
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Tax credit program: provides a tax credit of up to 30% on qualified production expenditures and an additional 10% tax credit for Louisiana resident labor expenditures.
Eligibiltiy (Not Comprehensive)
Open to all motion picture production companies headquartered and domiciled in Louisiana...
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Tax credit program: provides a tax credit of 18% for musical and theatrical productions and state certified higher education infrastructure projects; additional credits are available for employing Louisiana residents and students in conjunction with state certified musical and theatrical productions.
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Cash rebate: provides up to 6% rebate on annual payroll expenses for up to 10 years, and either a 4% sales/use tax rebate on capital expenditures or an investment tax credit equal to 1.5% of capital expenditures, excluding tax-exempted items.
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Tax credit program: provides up to a 40% tax credit for Louisiana businesses (based on employment) that conduct research and development activities in Louisiana
Eligibility (Not Comprehensive)
Must have incurred research and development expenditures in Louisiana and who can meet certain...
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Benefit
Tax credit program: provides a 18% tax credit issued as a rebate on qualified expenditures for sound recording productions.
Eligibility (Not Comprehensive)
This program incentivizes sound recording, defined as recording of music, poetry or spoken-word performance made in Louisiana and produced...
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Benefit
Tax credit program: Provides a refundable tax credit of 28.8% for individuals or businesses that invest in the commercialization of Louisiana technology and a payroll rebate of 4.32% for the creation of new direct jobs.
Eligibility (Not Comprehensive)
Must commercialize a...
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