KBR Gets Louisiana Judge to Slash Use Tax Bill for Ammonia Plant

Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC convinced the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals in an opinion posted Monday to cut down to about $1.4 million a parish use tax bill of $14.1 million on goods it used to build an ammonia manufacturing plant.

Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals Judge Cade R. Cole determined after a trial that about half of the categories of equipment used to build the plant for Dyno Nobel Louisiana Ammonia LLC qualify for the state’s use tax manufacturing machinery and equipment exclusion. Cade ruled last year that a trial was necessary to decide which items warrant the ...