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Business & Personal Property
Commercial & Industrial
PERSONAL PROPERTY is every kind of property that is not real property. Personal property is considered movable property or property that is not permanently attached.
PERSONAL PROPERTY is reassessed annually. Property owners are required to annually submit a rendition of their properties on the appropriate LAT (Louisiana Tax) form.
LAT 5 is used to report general business assets such as inventories, merchandise, furniture and fixtures, machinery and equipment, leasehold improvements, miscellaneous property, consigned goods, leased, loaned, or rented equipment, etc.
LAT 5A is used to report tax-exempt assets including buildings, machinery and equipment, furniture and fixtures, consigned goods, leased, loaned, or rented equipment, etc.
LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS are expenditures made by the Lessee to make the property of the Lessor adaptable to the Lessee’s use. Leasehold improvements can be real property improvements or items of personal property such as furniture and fixtures associated with a Lessee.
Watercraft
Watercraft other than those employed in interstate commerce are subject to valuation and assessment by parish Assessors. Gasoline powered watercraft and vessels employed in fishery activities for human consumption are exempt from property taxation. Watercraft are to be assessed in the parish where situated on January 1st. Watercraft engaged in interstate towing or barge line companies are assessed by the Louisiana Tax Commission.
LAT 11 is used to report watercraft, motor vessels, and barges other than those employed in interstate commerce.
LAT 11A is used to report Outer Continental Shelf Water Vessels.
Oil & Gas
Wells, associated equipment including, but not limited to drilling rigs, pipelines, and surface equipment are subject to valuation and assessment by parish Assessors and are valued in accordance with the Louisiana Tax Commission rules and regulations.
LAT 12 is used to report oil and gas properties and is due each year by April 1st.
LAT 12A is used to report a well that is shut-in or for a well that qualifies for economic obsolescence based on production in accordance with the Louisiana Tax Commission rules and regulations.
Mobile Homes
Mobile homes are considered PERSONAL PROPERTY and are subject to valuation and assessment by parish ASSESSORS.
For assessment purposes, mobile homes must have a valid parish sticker number from the Plaquemines Parish Permit Department. Mobile home owners should contact the Permit Department for their final inspection and parish sticker.
Because mobile home sales are not typically recorded in public records, mobile home owners should provide a copy of the bill of sale for their mobile home when sold to ensure that the mobile home is transferred and assessed to the new owner.
Mobile homes are eligible for HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION status. To obtain an exemption, the mobile home owner must qualify.
Ten-Year Tax Exemptions
The Louisiana Industrial Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) is a state incentive program which offers tax incentives for manufacturers within the state. The program abates, up to ten years, of local property taxes (Ad Valorem) on a manufacturer’s new investment and annual capitalized additions related to the manufacturing site.
Information on the ITEP program is available on the Louisiana Economic Development website.
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Real Property
Home / Other Exemptions
Homestead Exemption: As a provision of the Louisiana State Constitution, every homeowner in Plaquemines Parish is able to claim an exemption from the first $75,000 of property value for their primary residence. Because you can have only one primary residence, you may have only one Homestead Exemption, even if you own multiple homes.
As of August 1, 2016, claiming more than one Homestead Exemption is a crime punishable by a $500 fine and six months in jail.
If you wish to claim a Homestead Exemption, please contact our office for an application and instruction sheet showing the required documentation.
Special Assessment Level: The Special Assessment Level freezes the assessed VALUE of your property. Please note, the taxes due annually will still fluctuate due to changes in tax (millage) rates.
The available Special Assessment Level options, qualifications, and requirements are outlined in the following table:
Use Value
Use value is the taxable value that is set by the state specifically for agricultural land devoted to the production for sale, in reasonable commercial quantities, of plants and animals, or their products, OR horticultural land devoted to the production for sale, in reasonable commercial quantities, of fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants.
In order to qualify for Use Value, the property must …
- Meet the definition for bonafide agricultural land or bonafide horticultural land (LA RS 47:2302)
- Be at least three acres, or
- Have produced an average annual gross income of at least $2,000 in one or more of the four years preceding the application for use value.
If claiming homestead exemption along with use value, one acre will be reserved for the homesite and will not qualify for use value.
If you feel you meet the above criteria, please contact the assessor’s office for a use value application form.
Real Estate
Reassessment
The Assessor’s office is mandated by the Louisiana Constitution to reassess all taxable real property at least once every four (4) years. The most recent reassessment was 2020. The next reassessment will be in 2024.
In a reassessment year, the Assessor’s office determines property value by MASS APPRAISAL. Properties are not individually appraised. Sales are categorized into groups of comparable properties based on value factors such as location, age, and size.
The first step of the reassessment process is the gathering of the applicable data (sales, costs, and lease data) for the time period specified by the Louisiana Tax Commission. For the 2020 reassessment, the time period was July, 2018 through June, 2019. Sales information was gathered from public records, multiple listing services, and other sources. Only arm’s length transactions are considered.
Data is analyzed and a price per square foot is extracted from the sales data and applied to the group in mass. Special circumstances, such as fire damage, can warrant an additional adjustment. Written documentation, such as an independent appraisal report, insurance claim document, or other document must be provided to support an adjustment.
Louisiana Revised Statute 47:2331 sets forth the reassessment process. The Louisiana Tax Commission provides additional rules and regulations as well as providing oversight of reassessment statewide.
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