Why are you taking my federal refund?


The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) participates in a federal offset program once an individual tax liability has reached final status plus 60 days the liability is posted with the federal Financial Management Service (FMS). The federal program will garnish federal refunds for the state tax liability and remit the garnished refund to the Department to apply to the taxpayer’s liability. All taxpayers are notified of LDR’s participation in this program when the taxpayer is issued a Notice of Intent to Offset. This is issued once a liability has reached final status in the billing process. In return for our participation, LDR will offset Louisiana tax refunds by the amount of outstanding Federal Tax Liability. LDR also offsets Louisiana refunds for other state agencies and governmental entities.

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News & Announcements

September 02, 2025

Hunters get a tax break during the 2nd Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday, Sept. 5-7

BATON ROUGE – Consumer purchases of firearms, ammunition and a wide range of hunting supplies are exempt from state and local sales tax during the Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday, Friday, Sept. 5 through Sunday, Sept. 7.

August 26, 2025

LDR partners with OMV in Lafayette to resolve driver’s license suspensions

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) is partnering with the state Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) to help Lafayette-area taxpayers resolve driver’s license suspensions.

August 25, 2025

New Orleans-area suspects arrested; products seized in crackdown on illegal vapes

BATON ROUGE – A state task force arrested four people and confiscated tens of thousands of banned substances in the second phase of a statewide crackdown on illegal and unauthorized vape products.


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