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And I can't imagine this is ever going to be an issue for single family residential. Sure... maybe some assessors might try to tax commercial and multi-family construction.

But the ads being run on the radio are insanely inaccurate.

So it depends.

If the amendment fails, and the lawsuit moves forward, and the supreme court finds there to be no exemption for construction work THEN there is a very good chance ALL construction work will be taxed.

Either there is an exemption for construction work or there isn't. If assessors just skip single family residential and focus on large projects then the assessors will be sued for violating the state's uniformity clause. And they will be forced to assess everything.

So no, assessors would not want to do that (and that's why they aren't doing it now). But there is no legal justification for excluding certain segments.

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Posted by White Bear

Yonnygo

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Posted on 10/13/17 at 1:34 pm to BigJim

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No keeps the constitution unchanged, but there is a strong possibility the actual practice of assessor's could change to start taxing construction work.

So is JBE pushing the parish assessors to begin taxing CWIP or what?

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Posted by BigJim

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Posted on 10/13/17 at 1:41 pm to White Bear

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So is JBE pushing the parish assessors to begin taxing CWIP or what?

No, I actually think he is publicly in favor of the amendment, even if he hasn't pushed it. And the assessor's association is neutral since they got the language amendments they wanted.

It is certain assessors in parishes with large plants that want to tax CWIP.

And Together Louisiana is against the amendment.

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Posted by LSUFanHouston

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Posted on 10/13/17 at 2:13 pm to BigJim

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Either there is an exemption for construction work or there isn't. If assessors just skip single family residential and focus on large projects then the assessors will be sued for violating the state's uniformity clause. And they will be forced to assess everything.

Remember, assessors are elected, too. And most of them are corrupt. Given the amount of uneven assessment in this state (a huge problem that no one really talks about) it's not hard to envision a situation where an assessor, if forced to assess single family CIP, will just give some silly token assessment.

And if a parish doesn't have a lot of commercial stuff worth assessing... I could see an assessor just opting out of doing it.

I don't think the judges can FORCE an assessor to assess CIP... they can just give a legal option.

This is really an issue for parishes that have large multi-year plant construction.

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