Services Property Tax

Kean Miller represents national, regional, and local taxpayers in all manner of planning and litigation in Louisiana. We frequently negotiate with parish assessors and the Louisiana Tax Commission and are prepared to litigate disputes related to property valuation, exemption status, and Public Service Property issues. We have extensive experience representing oil and gas, energy, pipeline, offshore, and manufacturing clients in connection with property tax disputes. Our goal is to assist our clients in the most effective and cost-efficient manner possible, while maintaining helpful relationships with the various taxing authorities in and around Louisiana.

Kean Miller is the Louisiana member of the American Property Tax Counsel, an association of elite property tax firms with members throughout the United States and in Canada.

Areas of Expertise

• Negotiate property values with parish assessors and the Louisiana Tax Commission.
• Litigate correctness challenges before the Louisiana Tax Commission, the Board of Tax Appeals, and the courts.
• Litigate legality challenges before the Board of Tax Appeals and the courts.
• Actively participate in the legislative process regarding property tax valuation and procedure statutes.
• Actively involved in the rulemaking process by the Louisiana Tax Commission and the Board of Commerce and Industry.
• Advise clients regarding property tax implications following real estate, asset, and/or stock acquisitions and divestures.
• Advise clients regarding property tax implications in construction projects.
• Assist clients with Industrial Tax Exemption Program applications and compliance.
• Negotiate payments in lieu of property taxes with industrial development boards, finance authorities, ports, and economic development agencies.
• Negotiate cooperative endeavor agreements and public-private partnerships with local governmental entities.

Representative Experience

• Represent a major auto manufacturer concerning the valuation of its manufacturing facility for property tax purposes.
• Represent chemical companies in connection with property tax valuation issues.
• Represent video poker truck stops in connection with property tax valuation issues.
• Represent manufacturers and major trade associations concerning the proper application of Louisiana’s industrial property tax exemption.
• Represent shopping centers in connection with property tax valuation issues.
• Represent interstate pipeline companies in connection with a federal constitutional property tax challenge.
• Represent major offshore vessel owners in connection with the taxability of offshore vessels for property tax purposes.
• Represent the Louisiana trucking industry in connection with the taxability of components of exempt trucks.
• Represent the owner of a closed clothing manufacturing facility in connection with property tax valuation issues.
• Represent major intrastate and interstate pipelines in connection with property tax valuation issues.
• Represent Louisiana Oil and Gas Association in connection with property tax issues associated with the valuation of subsurface oil and gas equipment.