Sales Taxes - FER

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For electronic filing please contact the vendor helpdesk at 225-219-2488 or by email at [email protected].

2024 Sales Tax

2024 LA FER Schema (Version 1.0)

2023 Sales Tax

2023 LA FER Schema (Version 1.0)

2022 Sales Tax

2022 LA FER Schema (Version 1.0)

2021 Sales Tax

2021 Test Scenarios
2021 LA FER Schema (Version 1.3)
2021 LA FER Schema (Version 1.2)
2021 LA FER Schema (Version 1.1)
2021 LA FER Schema (Version 1.0)

2019 Sales Tax

2019 LA FER Schema (Version 1.0)

2018 Sales Tax

2018 LA FER Schema (Version 1.0)

2016 Sales Tax

2016 LA FER Schema (Version 1.0)
2016 LA FER Schema Change Log
Sales Tax Return - Electronic Only - Motor Vehicle
Sales Tax Return

2015 Sales Tax

2015 LA FER Schema (Version 2.0)
2015 LA FER Schema (Version 1.0)
2015 LA FER Schema Change Log

2013 Sales Tax

2013 LA FER Schema (Version 1.0)
2013 LA FER Schema Change Log
LA FER Implementation Guide
LA FER Field Mapping Guide
2013 LA Sales Tax Test Scenarios
2013 LA Sales Tax Transmission File Sample

 

 

 

Updated April 10, 2025


Filing Dates


News & Announcements

September 02, 2025

Hunters get a tax break during the 2nd Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday, Sept. 5-7

BATON ROUGE – Consumer purchases of firearms, ammunition and a wide range of hunting supplies are exempt from state and local sales tax during the Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday, Friday, Sept. 5 through Sunday, Sept. 7.

August 26, 2025

LDR partners with OMV in Lafayette to resolve driver’s license suspensions

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) is partnering with the state Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) to help Lafayette-area taxpayers resolve driver’s license suspensions.

August 25, 2025

New Orleans-area suspects arrested; products seized in crackdown on illegal vapes

BATON ROUGE – A state task force arrested four people and confiscated tens of thousands of banned substances in the second phase of a statewide crackdown on illegal and unauthorized vape products.


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