How do I file a return in LaTAP?


Once logged in to LaTAP, select the tax-specific account at the bottom middle of the LaTAP home page. From the account screen, click on the “File Now” link from the “Period List” for the tax period which the return is being filed. Once you have completed the return, you will click the “Submit” button in the upper right hand corner. If your return is without error, you will be prompted to enter your password as your electronic signature. If you are not prompted to enter your password, review your return for line items which are shaded in red and/or any error message displayed to the right of each line item.

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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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