Industry Specific
Industry Assistance Program
The Industry Assistance Program provides a tax exemption when manufacturers and their contractors give preference and priority to Louisiana manufacturers or Louisiana suppliers, engineers, contractors and labor, except where not reasonably possible to do so without added expense or substantial inconvenience.
The manufactures must commit maintain current employment and to significant investment to continue doing business in Louisiana. Taxes or portions of taxes to be exempt can include the following: the corporation franchise tax, state sales and use taxes on goods necessary for production, state sales and use taxes on machinery and equipment, the corporation income tax, and any other taxes imposed directly by the state on the applicant.
