Exclusion from gross income; gifts and inheritances

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LA Code › Code revised-statutes › Title 47 › Section 45

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The value of property acquired by gift, bequest, devise or inheritance shall not be included in gross income and shall be exempt from taxation under this Chapter; but the income from such property shall be included in gross income.

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