Louisiana - Local Standards: Housing and Utilities

 

Disclaimer: IRS Collection Financial Standards are intended for use in calculating repayment of delinquent taxes. These Standards are effective on April 24, 2023 for purposes of federal tax administration only. Expense information for use in bankruptcy calculations can be found on the website for the U.S. Trustee Program.

The housing and utilities standards are derived from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey and Bureau of Labor Statistics data, and are provided by state down to the county level. The standard for a particular county and family size includes both housing and utilities allowed for a taxpayer's primary place of residence. Generally, the total number of persons allowed for determining family size should be the same as those allowed as exemptions on the taxpayer's most recent year income tax return.

Housing and utilities standards include mortgage or rent, property taxes, interest, insurance, maintenance, repairs, gas, electric, water, heating oil, garbage collection, residential telephone service, cell phone service, cable television, and Internet service. The tables include five categories for one, two, three, four, and five or more persons in a household.

The taxpayer is allowed the standard amount, or the amount actually spent on housing and utilities, whichever is less. If the amount claimed is more than the total allowed by the housing and utilities standards, the taxpayer must provide documentation to substantiate those expenses are necessary living expenses.

Maximum Monthly Allowance
County 2023
Published
ALE Housing Expense for a Family of 1
2023
Published
ALE Housing Expense for a Family of 2
2023
Published
 ALE Housing Expense for a Family of 3
2023
Published ALE Housing Expense for a Family of 4
2023
Published
ALE Housing Expense for a Family of 5
Acadia Parish 1,399 1,643 1,731 1,930 1,961
Allen Parish 1,361 1,599 1,685 1,879 1,909
Ascension Parish 1,784 2,095 2,208 2,462 2,502
Assumption Parish 1,450 1,703 1,794 2,000 2,033
Avoyelles Parish 1,225 1,439 1,516 1,690 1,718
Beauregard Parish 1,462 1,717 1,809 2,017 2,050
Bienville Parish 1,151 1,352 1,425 1,589 1,615
Bossier Parish 1,632 1,917 2,020 2,252 2,289
Caddo Parish 1,483 1,741 1,835 2,046 2,079
Calcasieu Parish 1,519 1,784 1,880 2,096 2,130
Caldwell Parish 1,408 1,653 1,742 1,942 1,974
Cameron Parish 1,517 1,781 1,877 2,093 2,127
Catahoula Parish 1,251 1,469 1,548 1,726 1,754
Claiborne Parish 1,137 1,335 1,407 1,569 1,594
Concordia Parish 1,251 1,469 1,548 1,726 1,754
De Soto Parish 1,357 1,594 1,680 1,873 1,903
East Baton Rouge Parish 1,697 1,993 2,100 2,342 2,379
East Carroll Parish 1,265 1,486 1,566 1,746 1,774
East Feliciana Parish 1,491 1,751 1,845 2,057 2,090
Evangeline Parish 1,289 1,514 1,595 1,778 1,807
Franklin Parish 1,277 1,499 1,580 1,762 1,790
Grant Parish 1,417 1,665 1,754 1,956 1,987
Iberia Parish 1,409 1,655 1,744 1,945 1,976
Iberville Parish 1,458 1,712 1,804 2,011 2,044
Jackson Parish 1,335 1,568 1,652 1,842 1,872
Jefferson Parish 1,709 2,007 2,115 2,358 2,396
Jefferson Davis Parish 1,416 1,664 1,753 1,955 1,986
Lafayette Parish 1,641 1,927 2,031 2,265 2,301
Lafourche Parish 1,521 1,787 1,883 2,100 2,133
La Salle Parish 1,428 1,677 1,767 1,970 2,002
Lincoln Parish 1,525 1,791 1,887 2,104 2,138
Livingston Parish 1,632 1,917 2,020 2,252 2,289
Madison Parish 1,450 1,703 1,794 2,000 2,033
Morehouse Parish 1,235 1,450 1,528 1,704 1,731
Natchitoches Parish 1,431 1,681 1,771 1,975 2,007
Orleans Parish 1,988 2,335 2,460 2,743 2,787
Ouachita Parish 1,469 1,725 1,818 2,027 2,060
Plaquemines Parish 1,831 2,150 2,266 2,527 2,567
Pointe Coupee Parish 1,596 1,874 1,975 2,202 2,238
Rapides Parish 1,476 1,734 1,827 2,037 2,070
Red River Parish 1,244 1,461 1,540 1,717 1,745
Richland Parish 1,324 1,555 1,639 1,827 1,857
Sabine Parish 1,386 1,628 1,715 1,912 1,943
St. Bernard Parish 1,399 1,644 1,732 1,931 1,962
St. Charles Parish 1,812 2,129 2,243 2,501 2,541
St. Helena Parish 1,263 1,483 1,563 1,743 1,771
St. James Parish 1,621 1,904 2,006 2,237 2,273
St. John the Baptist Parish 1,469 1,725 1,818 2,027 2,060
St. Landry Parish 1,364 1,602 1,688 1,882 1,913
St. Martin Parish 1,450 1,703 1,795 2,001 2,034
St. Mary Parish 1,403 1,647 1,736 1,936 1,967
St. Tammany Parish 1,803 2,118 2,232 2,489 2,529
Tangipahoa Parish 1,503 1,765 1,860 2,074 2,107
Tensas Parish 1,164 1,367 1,440 1,606 1,632
Terrebonne Parish 1,603 1,883 1,984 2,212 2,248
Union Parish 1,286 1,510 1,591 1,774 1,803
Vermilion Parish 1,446 1,698 1,789 1,995 2,027
Vernon Parish 1,473 1,730 1,823 2,033 2,065
Washington Parish 1,350 1,586 1,671 1,863 1,893
Webster Parish 1,237 1,453 1,531 1,707 1,735
West Baton Rouge Parish 1,601 1,881 1,982 2,210 2,246
West Carroll Parish 1,249 1,467 1,546 1,724 1,752
West Feliciana Parish 1,665 1,956 2,061 2,298 2,335
Winn Parish 1,242 1,459 1,537 1,714 1,741