Farmer Certification
Louisiana Revised Statute 47:305.25(A) provides a sales tax exemption for the purchase of certain farm equipment. The purchaser must complete the R-1060 and attach a copy of their LDR-approved R-1085 (Farmer or Agricultural Facility Certification) to be exempted from state sales tax on the first $50,000 of the sales price of the items listed below. Purchasers who cannot produce a LDR-approved R-1085 should not receive the exemption from state sales/use tax.
Qualifying farm equipment subject to 0% state sales tax:
1. Rubber tired farm tractors, cane harvesters, cane loaders, cotton pickers, combines, hay balers, and attachments and sprayers.Includes all attachments and implements that go on a rubber tired tractor.
2. Clippers cultivators, discs, plow, and spreaders.
3. Irrigation wells, drives, motors, and equipment.
Qualifying farm equipment subject to 1% state sales tax:
4. Other farm implements and equipment used by agricultural purposes in the production of food and fiber.
5. On the farm facilities used to dry or store grain or any materials used to construct such on the farm facilities.
Farmers as Manufacturers
Louisiana Revised Statute 47:301(3)(i) and (13)(k) provide a state sales tax exclusion for purchases, sales, and leases or rentals of qualified manufacturing machinery or equipment. R.S. 47:301(3)(i)(ii)(dd) defines “manufacturing for agricultural purposes” to mean the production, processing, and storing of food and fiber and the production, processing, and storing of timber.
Farmers must submit Form R-1070, Application for Certification as a “Manufacturer,” and be approved before the sales tax exclusion can be claimed. After approval, the farmer will be issued a “Manufacturer’s Exemption Certificate,” Form R-1071, which should be presented to their vendors when purchasing qualifying equipment.
Farmers may elect to use either the manufacturing machinery or equipment exclusion or the farm equipment sales tax exemption, or a combination of the two exemptions as described in Revenue Information Bulletin No. 04-012A issued May 18, 2004. Qualifying purchases will be subject to zero percent state sales tax.
Farmer Certification
Louisiana Revised Statute 47:305.25(A) provides a sales tax exemption for the purchase of certain farm equipment. The purchaser must complete the R-1060 and attach a copy of their LDR-approved R-1085 (Farmer or Agricultural Facility Certification) to be exempted from state sales tax on the first $50,000 of the sales price of the items listed below. Purchasers who cannot produce a LDR-approved R-1085 should not receive the exemption from state sales/use tax.
Qualifying farm equipment subject to 0% state sales tax:
1. Rubber tired farm tractors, cane harvesters, cane loaders, cotton pickers, combines, hay balers, and attachments and sprayers.Includes all attachments and implements that go on a rubber tired tractor.
2. Clippers cultivators, discs, plow, and spreaders.
3. Irrigation wells, drives, motors, and equipment.
Qualifying farm equipment subject to 1% state sales tax:
4. Other farm implements and equipment used by agricultural purposes in the production of food and fiber.
5. On the farm facilities used to dry or store grain or any materials used to construct such on the farm facilities.
Farmers as Manufacturers
Louisiana Revised Statute 47:301(3)(i) and (13)(k) provide a state sales tax exclusion for purchases, sales, and leases or rentals of qualified manufacturing machinery or equipment. R.S. 47:301(3)(i)(ii)(dd) defines “manufacturing for agricultural purposes” to mean the production, processing, and storing of food and fiber and the production, processing, and storing of timber.
Farmers must submit Form R-1070, Application for Certification as a “Manufacturer,” and be approved before the sales tax exclusion can be claimed. After approval, the farmer will be issued a “Manufacturer’s Exemption Certificate,” Form R-1071, which should be presented to their vendors when purchasing qualifying equipment.
Farmers may elect to use either the manufacturing machinery or equipment exclusion or the farm equipment sales tax exemption, or a combination of the two exemptions as described in Revenue Information Bulletin No. 04-012A issued May 18, 2004. Qualifying purchases will be subject to zero percent state sales tax.
Farm Equipment Repairs
Louisiana Revised Statute 47:305.25 and 47:301(3)(i) and (13)(k) do not provide an exemption from sales tax on parts or labor used in the repair or modification of qualifying farm equipment.