Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers public meetings in 2021
11 substantive meetings from 2021, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The Commission will review registration updates for remote sellers and direct marketers. The agenda includes a discussion regarding an Avenu change order and action items concerning penalty waiver policies and the voluntary disclosure program.
- Update on Remote Seller and Direct Marketer Registrations
- Avenu Change Order 127944-45 regarding state return compensation opt-out
- Penalty Waiver Policy action item
- Voluntary Disclosure Program action item
The Commission approved a Penalty Waiver Policy with specific language clarifications. Action on draft regulations for the Voluntary Disclosure Agreements program was tabled until the next meeting.
- Approved meeting minutes from November 18, 2021 (unanimous)
- Approved Penalty Waiver Policy with changes to sections D(e) and F(c) (unanimous)
- Tabled action on Voluntary Disclosure Agreements program draft regulations (unanimous)
- Deferred decision on Avenu Change Order 127944-45 regarding vendor compensation opt-out
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers is holding a regular meeting. They will approve previous minutes, receive updates on remote seller registrations, and discuss a penalty waiver policy, a voluntary disclosure program, and a change order for Avenu. The meeting includes reports on distribution and budget.
- Update on Remote Seller and Direct Marketer Registrations
- Discussion of Penalty Waiver Policy
- Discussion of Voluntary Disclosure Program
- Avenu Change Order RS 127579 – Allowing the Supervisor to Lock Batches
- Report from Executive Director on Distribution and Budget
The Commission unanimously approved a change order to allow supervisors to lock batches after distribution to prevent edits. Members also reviewed registration updates, budget reports, and draft policies for penalty waivers and voluntary disclosure.
- Approved meeting minutes from October 14, 2021 (unanimous)
- Approved Avenu Change Order RS 127579 for $11,220.00 (unanimous)
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The Commission will meet via Zoom to review registration updates and financial reports. Discussion items include a change request from Avenu, penalty waiver policy, and office park building space.
- Update on Remote Seller and Direct Marketer Registrations
- Avenu Change Request discussion
- Penalty Waiver Policy discussion
- Office Park Building Space discussion
The Commission approved a change request for the Avenu portal to allow taxpayers to view compliance issues. Members also approved rescheduling the November and December meetings and the minutes from August 12, 2021.
- Approved Avenu Change Request RS 125139 for $6,930.00 (Unanimous)
- Approved meeting minutes from August 12, 2021 (Unanimous)
- Rescheduled November meeting to 11/18/21 and December meeting to 12/16/21 (Unanimous)
- Deferred discussion of Penalty Waiver Policy to next month
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers will meet via Zoom to review registration updates and executive reports. The commission will also hold a discussion regarding resale certificates for marketplace sellers.
- Update on Remote Seller and Direct Marketer Registrations
- Discussion of Resale Certificates for Marketplace Sellers
- Review of Executive Director Report, Distribution Report, and Budget
The Commission approved the minutes from the July 8, 2021 meeting. Members received reports on remote seller registrations and tax collections, including $32,361,722.76 collected in June. No other substantive actions were taken.
- Approved July 8, 2021 meeting minutes (unanimous)
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The commission will meet to review registration updates, distribution reports, and the budget. The agenda also includes a discussion regarding penalty waiver policy.
- Update on Remote Seller and Direct Marketer Registrations
- Executive Director Report
- Distribution Report
- Budget review
- Discussion of Penalty Waiver Policy
The Commission unanimously approved the minutes from the June 10, 2021 meeting with a clarification regarding a Uniform Board office move. Members discussed the development of a penalty waiver policy and received reports on remote seller registrations and tax collections.
- Approved June 10, 2021 meeting minutes with clarification (unanimous)
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers will meet to approve budgets for fiscal years 2020-21 and 2021-22. The agenda also includes the election of a Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the upcoming fiscal year.
- Approval of FY 2020-21 and 2021-22 budgets
- Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for FY 2021-22
- Discussion on resale certificates for marketplace sellers
- Review of travel policy statement
- Update on remote seller and direct marketer registrations
The Commission unanimously approved budgets for two fiscal years and a new travel policy statement. Members also elected new leadership for FY 2021-22 and approved several technical change requests for the Avenu system.
- Approved FY 2020-21 budget (Unanimous)
- Approved FY 2021-22 budget (Unanimous)
- Approved Avenu change requests totaling $5,535 (Unanimous)
- Approved Travel Policy Statement following state guidelines (Unanimous)
- Elected Jeffery LaGrange as Chairperson for FY 2021-22 (Unanimous)
- Elected Danielle Clapinski as Vice-Chairperson for FY 2021-22 (Unanimous)
- Approved May 13, 2021 meeting minutes (Unanimous)
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers meets to approve minutes, hear updates on registrations, discuss travel policy and payroll, elect officers for the next fiscal year, and vote on budgets and contract signatory authority.
- Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for FY 2021-22
- Budgets for FY 2020-21 and 2021-22
- Contract Signatory Authority Policy
- SEATA Conference Attendees
- Update on Remote Seller and Direct Marketer Registrations
The Commission unanimously approved Netchex as its payroll provider and adopted a new Contract Signatory Authority Policy. It also approved funding for five attendees to go to the SEATA Conference and approved the April 8, 2021 meeting minutes.
- Approved Netchex as payroll provider (Unanimous)
- Adopted Contract Signatory Authority Policy (Unanimous)
- Approved travel expenses for four members and the Executive Director to attend SEATA Conference (Unanimous)
- Approved April 8, 2021 meeting minutes (Unanimous)
- Approved conducting the meeting via Zoom (Unanimous)
- Deferred approval of FY 2020-21 and 2021-22 budgets to June meeting
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The Commission will meet via Zoom to review updates on remote seller and direct marketer registrations. The agenda includes discussions regarding budget, position descriptions, and signatory authority for contracts.
- Update on Remote Seller and Direct Marketer Registrations
- Discussion of signatory authority for contracts by amount
- Review of position descriptions
- Budget discussion
The Commission unanimously approved the posting of three civil service positions: a tax officer, tax specialist, and accountant. Members also authorized the Executive Director to sign specific legal services contracts. The body reviewed February collections totaling $24,262,499.34 and discussed the proposed FY 2021-22 budget.
- Approved posting for three positions: tax officer, tax specialist, and accountant (Unanimous)
- Authorized Executive Director to sign legal services contracts (Unanimous)
- Approved meeting minutes from March 11, 2021 (Unanimous)
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers will meet via Zoom to consider the budget and a legal services contract amount. The meeting includes updates on remote seller registrations and approval of prior minutes.
- Discussion of budget amount for Legal Services Contract
- Update on Remote Seller and Direct Marketer Registrations
- Approval of minutes from February 11, 2021 meeting
- Action item: Commission Meeting Times
The Commission approved a maximum annual budget of $50,000 for each legal services contract. Members also voted to permanently set meeting times to 11:00 am. The body reviewed tax collection reports and discussed future staffing needs.
- Approved $50,000 annual maximum for each legal services contract (Unanimous)
- Set permanent meeting times to 11:00 am (Unanimous)
- Approved meeting minutes from February 11, 2021 (Unanimous)
- Approved amending the agenda to include legal services contract funding (Unanimous)
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers will meet via Zoom to approve prior minutes, receive updates on remote seller registrations and the budget, and discuss responses to a legal services contract. The main action item is selecting one or more legal services candidates. The meeting is held remotely due to the public health emergency.
- Selection of legal services candidate(s) from received responses
- Update on remote seller and direct marketer registrations
- Executive director report on distribution and budget
- Discussion of commission meeting times
The Commission approved contracts for legal services with Patrick Amedee and Chris Jones. Members also reviewed remote seller registration numbers and December collection totals.
- Approved Legal Services contracts with Patrick Amedee and Chris Jones (unanimous)
- Approved meeting minutes from January 14, 2021 (unanimous)
Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers
The Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers is meeting to discuss remote seller registrations and refund claims. The body will consider approving a system change request to split payments into tax, interest, and penalty buckets.
- Vote on System Change Request (CR-1675) to split payments into tax/interest/penalty buckets
- Discussion of responses for Legal Services Contract
- Execution of a Reciprocal Agreement between the Commission and LDR
- Review of Distribution Report and Budget
- Update on Remote Seller and Direct Marketer Registrations
The Commission approved a system change request to allocate payments into tax, interest, and penalty buckets. It deferred the selection of a legal services contract to a future meeting. The Commission also reported collecting $27,761,459.91 for November.
- Approved meeting minutes from December 17, 2020 (unanimous)
- Approved System Change Request (CR-1675) to split payments into tax, interest, and penalty buckets
- Deferred decision on legal services contract to a future meeting