Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:828 – Interest
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:828
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Tax: means the amount of tax due under this Chapter, and any amount of interest due under this Chapter, unless the intention to give it a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:821
When any person subject to the provisions of this Chapter fails to pay or remit the tax, or any portion thereof, on or before the day when it is required to be paid or remitted to the secretary of the Department of Revenue under the provisions of this Chapter, interest at the rate of one and one-half percent per month shall be added to the amount of tax due and such interest shall be computed from the due date until the tax is paid. The interest provided for herein shall be an obligation to be collected and accounted for in the same manner as if it were a part of the tax due and can be enforced in a separate action or in the same action for collection of the tax and shall not be waived.
Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §3, eff. July 1, 1984; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1984, 1ST EX. SESS., NO. 8, §4, EFF. MARCH 27, 1984.}}