This category covers taxes, including income, sales, property, and other taxes. It covers the obligations and process of calculating and paying taxes, as well as penalties or how to respond to problems. It also covers Earned Income Tax Credits and other social benefit programs.
Appealing State and Local Taxes - The Louisiana State Board of Tax Appeals (LaSBA)
This resource provides a comprehensive overview of the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals (LaBTA), an independent agency that helps resolve state and local tax disputes in Louisiana. It outlines who can file, what types of cases the Board hears, how to file an appeal, important deadlines, and what to expect during the appeals process. Whether you're an individual taxpayer or a business, this resource explains how to navigate tax controversies efficiently and fairly through the LaBTA.
Federal Tax Benefits For Individuals
Federal tax benefits are incentives offered by the U.S. government to reduce taxpayers' tax burden and to encourage certain activities. These benefits include tax credits, deductions, exemptions, and exclusions such as tax-free or tax-deferred accounts.
Homestead Exemption For Property Taxes In Louisiana
This provides information on the Homestead Exemption for property taxes in Louisiana.
Income Taxes
Income taxes are a type of tax imposed by governments on individuals based on their income. There are federal income taxes and state income taxes. In general, a portion of an individual's income is taxable at the federal level, while the remainder is taxable at the state level.
Intercepting Tax Refunds For Child Support
This concerns how a parent who doesn't have custody of their children, might have their federal income tax refund checks intercepted. They may also have lottery winnings or other money that the federal or state government owes them intercepted, in order to pay for child support payments they owe.
Property Taxes
This resource covers issues that homeowners may experience with their property taxes. Issues discussed here: how the taxes are calculated, how to pay them, and how to deal with disputes around them.
Tax Lien Redemption
This resource covers information about tax lien redemption when an owner goes through the process of paying off a tax lien or deed that is on a property due to unpaid taxes.
Tax Relief After A Disaster
This information covers a general overview of tax relief after a disaster and what taxpayers can do who have been affected by disasters.
Tax Sales
This resource includes information about tax sales and the tax sale process. Tax sales occur when a property owner fails to pay their taxes. An owner may attempt to prevent a tax sale and redeem the property after a sale. A purchaser obtains title to the tax property, subject to redemption by the owner.