Plan for Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge Business Filing Deadlines & Ongoing Requirements
What a business in Baton Rouge keeps doing after it opens: recurring filings, renewals and the events that trigger new obligations. Change the business details to fit yours.
Your businessThe plan below updates as you change these.
Where Baton Rouge, LA filings and renewals are tracked
City of Baton RougeHas its own business licenses, taxes or permits (listed below). Checked 2026-10-13.
East Baton Rouge CountyHas its own business licenses, taxes or permits (listed below). Checked 2026-10-16.
Local items to renew or file
- Renew Baton Rouge occupational license · City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish Finance Department, Revenue Division (city)
- File East Baton Rouge Parish County business personal property return · East Baton Rouge Parish Assessor (county)
- File the East Baton Rouge Parish sales and use tax return · Louisiana Uniform Local Sales Tax Board / parish tax collector (county)
File and renew with these Louisiana agencies
- Annual reports: Louisiana Secretary of State
- Tax returns and payments: Louisiana Department of Revenue
- Unemployment insurance filings: Louisiana Workforce Commission
Renewals, filing triggers and recurring deadlines in Baton Rouge
16 items in your plan repeat on a schedule. Each one lists its authority and when it comes due.
Recurring filings and renewals
- File federal income tax return: Form 1040 with Schedule C · every year · April 15 · IRS
- Deposit federal payroll taxes · every month · 15th day of the following month · IRS
- File Form 941 (Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return) · every quarter · April 30, July 31, October 31, January 31 · IRS
- File Form 940 (Federal Unemployment Tax) · every year · January 31 · IRS
- Issue Forms W-2 and file W-3 · every year · January 31 · IRS / SSA
- File Annual Report (Louisiana) · every year · On the anniversary of formation · Louisiana Secretary of State
- Register for and file Louisiana entity-level taxes · every year · Louisiana Department of Revenue
- File sales tax returns and remit tax (Louisiana) · every month · Monthly, quarterly or annually as assigned by the state · Louisiana Department of Revenue
- Register for locally administered sales tax (Louisiana) · every month · Louisiana cities and counties that self-administer sales tax
- File wage reports and pay unemployment insurance contributions (Louisiana) · every quarter · Louisiana Workforce Commission
- File the annual unclaimed property holder report (Louisiana) · every year · November 1 · Louisiana unclaimed property program
- Obtain food service establishment / health permit · every year · East Baton Rouge County health department (Louisiana)
- Parish/municipal occupational license — Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana · every year · Parish or city: Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge County
- Renew Baton Rouge occupational license · every year · January 1 (delinquent March 1) · City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish Finance Department, Revenue Division
- File East Baton Rouge Parish County business personal property return · every year · April 1 · East Baton Rouge Parish Assessor
- File the East Baton Rouge Parish sales and use tax return · every month · Louisiana Uniform Local Sales Tax Board / parish tax collector
Filings triggered by an event
- Complete Form I-9 for each new hire: applies when Business has employees
- Report new hires to the Louisiana new hire directory: applies when 3 employees in Louisiana
Find an obligationShowing 29 of 29 obligations
Federal
8
State
14
County
3
City
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Common questions about Baton Rouge
The state licenses your industry through its own regulator, and the city and county add local permits. These are the authorities and local items on record for Baton Rouge:
- Contractor licensing: Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors
- Real estate licensing: Louisiana Real Estate Commission
- Alcohol licensing: Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control
- Child care licensing: Louisiana Department of Education
- Health facility licensing: Louisiana Department of Health
- Renew Baton Rouge occupational license (City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish Finance Department, Revenue Division, city)
- File East Baton Rouge Parish County business personal property return (East Baton Rouge Parish Assessor, county)
- File the East Baton Rouge Parish sales and use tax return (Louisiana Uniform Local Sales Tax Board / parish tax collector, county)
With your current selections, the licenses and permits are: Louisiana sales tax account (LaTAP) (Louisiana); Obtain food service establishment / health permit; Ensure certified food protection manager on staff; Parish/municipal occupational license — Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Baton Rouge; Renew Baton Rouge occupational license. Change the industry above to see yours.
Sources: sos.la.gov, revenue.louisiana.gov, louisianaworks.net
In your plan for Baton Rouge, requirements come from four levels. Louisiana sets formation, state taxes and employer rules; the city and county add local licenses and taxes.
- Federal (8): Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN); File federal income tax return: Form 1040 with Schedule C; Deposit federal payroll taxes; File Form 941 (Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return)…
- State (14): Maintain a registered agent in Louisiana; File Annual Report (Louisiana); Register for and file Louisiana entity-level taxes; Louisiana sales tax account (LaTAP) (Louisiana)…
- County (3): Obtain food service establishment / health permit; File East Baton Rouge Parish County business personal property return; File the East Baton Rouge Parish sales and use tax return
- City (4): Register for locally administered sales tax (Louisiana); Parish/municipal occupational license — Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Baton Rouge; Renew Baton Rouge occupational license
Sources: sos.la.gov, revenue.louisiana.gov
- Register for unemployment insurance with Louisiana Workforce Commission.
- Workers' compensation: Louisiana Office of Workers' Compensation Administration. Required when: 1 employee
- Register to withhold Louisiana income tax from wages.
- Your plan adds these employer steps: Report new hires to the Louisiana new hire directory; Carry workers' compensation insurance (Louisiana); Display required federal labor law posters; Complete Form I-9 for each new hire; Display required Louisiana workplace notices.
Sources: louisianaworks.net, www2.laworks.net, revenue.louisiana.gov