§6032. Tax credit for certain milk producers
A. A resident taxpayer engaged in the business of producing milk for sale shall be
allowed a refundable tax credit based on the amount of milk produced and sold. The credit
may be claimed against any Louisiana income tax. The credit shall be allowed when the
USDA Uniform Price in Federal Order Number 7 drops below the announced production
price any time during the calendar year.
B. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall promulgate regulations
establishing the provisions of the announced production price, which must consider the
following factors, including but not limited to:
(1)The average price of milk in the top five states where milk is imported to
Louisiana.
(2)The average transportation cost of importing milk from those five st
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§6032. Tax credit for certain milk producers
A. A resident taxpayer engaged in the business of producing milk for sale shall be
allowed a refundable tax credit based on the amount of milk produced and sold. The credit
may be claimed against any Louisiana income tax. The credit shall be allowed when the
USDA Uniform Price in Federal Order Number 7 drops below the announced production
price any time during the calendar year.
B. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall promulgate regulations
establishing the provisions of the announced production price, which must consider the
following factors, including but not limited to:
(1) The average price of milk in the top five states where milk is imported to
Louisiana.
(2) The average transportation cost of importing milk from those five states.
(3) The cost of production in Louisiana.
C. Each qualifying taxpayer is eligible for tax credits based on the production and
sale of milk below the announced production price over a calendar year in accordance with
the following schedule:
Amount of Milk Produced: Amount of Tax Credit:
Up to 1,000,000 pounds $ 3,600
1,000,001 to 1,500,000 pounds $ 7,200
1,500,001 to 2,000,000 pounds $10,800
2,000,001 to 2,500,000 pounds $14,400
2,500,001 to 3,000,000 pounds $18,000
3,000,001 pounds and above $21,600
D. The credit provided by this Section shall be earned on the last day of each
calendar year and may be claimed against the income tax for the taxable year that includes
the day on which the credit is earned. The credit shall be prorated on a quarterly basis.
E. If no taxes are due, or the credit exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer for the
taxable year, the amount of the credit or excess over the tax liability shall be refunded to the
taxpayer. The Louisiana Department of Health shall certify to the Department of Revenue,
by January 31 of the following year, which milk producers have been permitted under
Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 51, Public Health Sanitary Code, Part VII, Milk, Milk
Products, and Manufactured Milk Products, and meet the requirements of the Grade A
Pasteurized Milk Ordinance of the 2005 revision of the Food and Drug Administration. Any
producer not certified by the Louisiana Department of Health as provided by this Section
shall not be entitled to the credit provided for in this Section.
F. The credit allowed for each producer pursuant to this Section shall not exceed
twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars per calendar year. The total aggregate amount of
tax credits for all producers provided for under this Section shall be capped at one million
eight hundred thousand dollars per calendar year.
G. The credit allowed pursuant to this Section shall be reviewed by the commissioner
of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry after it has been in place for two taxable years.
H. Repealed by Acts 2024, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 5, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
NOTE: See Acts 2015, No. 125, §7, regarding applicability.
NOTE: See Acts 2016, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 29, §2, regarding effectiveness.
NOTE: See Acts 2024, 3 rd Ex. Sess., No. 5, §4, regarding applicability to franchise
tax periods beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2026.