Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:287.745

  • Federal law: means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (Title 26 United States Code) and applicable U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:287.701
  • Taxable year: includes , in the case of a return made for a fractional part of a year under the provisions of this Chapter or under regulations prescribed by the collector, the period for which return is made. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:98

            A. In computing net income in the case of oil and gas wells there shall be allowed as a deduction cost depletion as defined under federal law or percentage depletion as provided for in Subsection B, whichever is greater.

            B. In the case of oil and gas wells, the percentage depletion provided for in Subsection A shall be twenty-two percent of gross income from the property during the taxable year, excluding from such gross income an amount equal to any rents or royalties paid or incurred by the taxpayer in respect of the property. Such allowance shall not exceed fifty percent of the net income of the taxpayer, computed without allowance for depletion, from the property. In determining net income from the property, federal income taxes shall be considered an expense.

            Acts 1986, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1, eff. Dec. 24, 1986; Acts 2015, No. 123, §1, eff. July 1, 2015; §3, eff. July 1, 2018.

            NOTE: See Acts 2015, No. 123, §5, re: applicability.

            NOTE: See Acts 2018, 2nd E.S., No. 4, §1, re: applicability.

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