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• State asks living man for death certificate Play Video

  May 16, 2022 12:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - For tax purposes, a man was asked to send in his death certificate to the Louisiana Department of Revenue — but he's not dead! Richard "Rooster" Shaffer contacted 2 On Your Side to help sort it out after he couldn't get in touch with the state.... more »

• Dept. of Revenue encourages online customer service options due to spread of coronavirus

  March 16, 2020 6:54 AM

  BATON ROUGE - As the state continues to respond to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) is encouraging taxpayers to take advantage of its online platform as opposed to utilizing its face-to-face services. LDR says limiting in-person contact in this way will help curb the spread... more »

• State income tax filings begin Jan. 23

  December 26, 2016 10:43 AM

  BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Revenue will begin accepting 2016 state income tax returns on Jan. 23. LDR will accept returns filed electronically at www.revenue.louisiana.gov/fileonline , through third-party commercial software along with paper returns submitted through the mail and in person. The IRS will also begin accepting... more »

• LDR: State tax filings not affected by IRS system outage

  February 4, 2016 9:55 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Louisiana tax filings are not being affected by the IRS' hardware failure. In a news release sent out Thursday morning, the Louisiana Department of Revenue said its tax processing systems are not being impacted by the system outage. Earlier this week, the IRS announced that it had stopped... more »

• State income tax filing begins Tuesday

  January 19, 2016 9:51 AM

  BATON ROUGE- State income tax filing begins on Tuesday. Taxpayers are able to file their taxes on paper or electronically. The average return time for returns filed electronically is up to 60 days. For paper returns, taxpayers should expect to wait about 12 to 14 weeks. The Department of Revenue... more »

• State tax amnesty period to end on Thursday

  December 28, 2015 1:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Businesses and individuals who have fallen behind on their taxes have just three days left to take advantage of the state’s tax amnesty program in 2015. Once Louisiana Tax Amnesty 2015 wraps up, there will be no new amnesty program offered by the Department of Revenue... more »

• Louisiana tax amnesty program resumes today

  December 1, 2015 8:38 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana tax amnesty program reopens on Tuesday after being temporarily shutdown due to a paperwork error. During the amnesty period delinquent taxpayers are given a chance to bring their tax accounts up to date by clearing unpaid tax bills and filing overdue state tax returns. The Department... more »

• Dept. of Revenue to ditch debit card tax refund option

  September 29, 2015 12:02 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Early next month, taxpayers will lose the option to receive their tax refund from the State Department of Revenue on a MyRefund Debit Card. The Department of Revenue says the Friday, Oct. 2 change comes due to J.P. Morgan Chase eliminating its prepaid debit card services.... more »