How to setup Autofile for Louisiana
This is a state-specific guide. Learn about setting up Autofile in general here.
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For sales tax purposes, Louisiana has three different license types.
Remote Seller: Seller has no physical presence in the state but makes more than $100,000 in annual sales or has 200 or more transactions in the state. This is most common among Shopify merchants.
Direct Marketer: Seller has no physical presence in the state, Seller is not a remote seller or remote retailer, Seller voluntarily registered to collect tax.
Standard: The seller has physical presence (e.g. people, property) in the state.
You can learn more about the license type from the official remote seller site.
Depending on your license type, there are different ways to file your sales tax.
File through the Remote Sellers website. Please provide your remote seller tax ID, and the email address you used to register on the Remote Sellers website.
File through the LaTAP. Please provide your sales tax ID, zipcode, and last payment. There is a fixed combined sales tax rate of 8.45% for all sales.
State tax: LaTAP. Please provide your sales tax ID, zipcode, and last payment. There is a fixed state sales tax rate of 4.45% for all states.
File local tax through the Parish E-file website. Please provide the email address you used to register on the Parish E-file website.
Once Sidr Tax submits an access request to your accounts, you will receive a notification by email. Please login to your account to accept our request.
Just finished registration? Please read the registration guide first.
License Types
For sales tax purposes, Louisiana has three different license types.
Remote Seller: Seller has no physical presence in the state but makes more than $100,000 in annual sales or has 200 or more transactions in the state. This is most common among Shopify merchants.
Direct Marketer: Seller has no physical presence in the state, Seller is not a remote seller or remote retailer, Seller voluntarily registered to collect tax.
Standard: The seller has physical presence (e.g. people, property) in the state.
You can learn more about the license type from the official remote seller site.
Depending on your license type, there are different ways to file your sales tax.
Remote Seller
File through the Remote Sellers website. Please provide your remote seller tax ID, and the email address you used to register on the Remote Sellers website.
Direct Marketers
File through the LaTAP. Please provide your sales tax ID, zipcode, and last payment. There is a fixed combined sales tax rate of 8.45% for all sales.
Standard
State tax: LaTAP. Please provide your sales tax ID, zipcode, and last payment. There is a fixed state sales tax rate of 4.45% for all states.
File local tax through the Parish E-file website. Please provide the email address you used to register on the Parish E-file website.
Approve Third-Party Access Request
Once Sidr Tax submits an access request to your accounts, you will receive a notification by email. Please login to your account to accept our request.
Updated on: 02/08/2024
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