Louisiana § 4:42 Amount of tax; collection from patron on admission

Louisiana Statutes

§ 4:42 — Amount of tax; collection from patron on admission

Louisiana § 4:42

Title 4Amusements and Sports

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La. Stat. Ann. § 4:42 (2026).

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The local governing authorities shall not impose any amusement tax that will exceed five percent of the admission on the individual admission ticket, except that where the tax on the individual ticket amounts to any part of one cent, the full one cent shall be charged. The tax shall not be assumed by the seller of the ticket and the seller shall collect the tax from the purchaser of the ticket for remittance to the municipality levying the tax. The terms of the tax may be imposed only after a full schedule is set forth in an ordinance levying the tax, which ordinance shall include reasonable rules and regulations for collection.

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The local governing authorities shall not impose any amusement tax that will exceed five percent of the admission on the individual admission ticket, except that where the tax on the individual ticket amounts to any part of one cent, the full one cent shall be charged. The tax shall not be assumed by the seller of the ticket and the seller shall collect the tax from the purchaser of the ticket for remittance to the municipality levying the tax. The terms of the tax may be imposed only after a full schedule is set forth in an ordinance levying the tax, which ordinance shall include reasonable rules and regulations for collection.