R & B FALCON DRILLING v. SECRETARY, D.O.R.

No. 2009 CA 0256.

31 So.3d 1083 (2010)

R & B FALCON DRILLING USA, INC. v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

January 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Myers, Lafayette, LA, for Appellee R & B Falcon Drilling USA, Inc.

Antonio Charles Ferachi, Frederick Mulhearn, Monica Doss Washington, Shone T. Pierre, Donald Bowman, Miranda Conner, Baton Rouge, LA, for Appellant Cynthia Bridges, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Revenue.

Before: PARRO, KUHN, and McDONALD, JJ.


PARRO, J.

At issue in this appeal is whether the Louisiana Department of Revenue (Department) may impose sales taxes on certain meals provided by the owner of drilling barges for the benefit of its customers as well as use taxes on materials and supplies that were used in the reconstruction of the living quarters on one of its barges. After concluding that no taxes were due, the Board of Tax Appeals (Board) vacated the tax assessment against the owner. On judicial...

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