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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
There shall be levied, collected, and paid for each taxable year a tax upon the net income of residents and nonresidents, estates, trusts, and corporations, as hereinafter provided.
(1) Resident individuals. Every person residing within the state, or the personal representative in the event of death, shall pay a tax on net income from whatever source derived, except as hereinafter exempted.
Every natural person domiciled in the state, and every other natural person who maintains a permanent place of abode within the state or who spends in the aggregate more than six months of the taxable year within the state, shall be deemed to be a resident of this state for the purpose of determining liability for income taxes under this Chapter.
(2) Nonresident individuals. Every nonresident shall pay a tax upon such net income as is derived from property located, or from services rendered, or from business transacted within the state, or from sources within the state, except as hereinafter exempted.
(3) Corporations. Corporations shall be taxed on net income from sources within the state, as hereinafter set out.
(4) Domestic real estate investment trusts. Trusts shall be taxed on net income from whatever source derived, except as otherwise exempted.
(5) Foreign real estate investment trusts. Foreign real estate investment trusts shall be taxed on net income from sources within the state, as hereinafter set out.
(6) For state income tax purposes, capital construction funds, created in accordance with 46 U.S.C. App. 1177 and 26 U.S.C. 7518, and all related items of income, gain, deduction, loss, credit, adjustment, and basis shall be taxed in the same manner as those items are taxed pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7518 and applicable federal regulations.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 47, § 31. Individuals, corporations, and trusts subject to tax - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-47-sect-31/
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