§607. Railroad corporations

A. Incorporated in more than one state. Any railroad corporation incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of more than one state, shall compute its tax in the same manner as a foreign corporation.

B. Domestic railroad corporations with foreign subsidiaries. Any railroad corporation organized only under the laws of Louisiana and which, in whole or in part, operates, does business or owns property and assets outside of the state, either directly, or indirectly through one or more foreign subsidiary corporations, the capital stock, and funded debt of which to the extent of at least eighty per centum (80%) each is owned by the railroad corporation organized only under the laws of Louisiana, shall compute its tax as follows:

For the purpose of such computation the total of the property and assets of the corporation organized only under the laws of Louisiana, both within and without the state, shall include the property and assets of its foreign subsidiary or subsidiaries; the total volume of business done by the corporation, both within and without the state, shall include the volume of business done by its foreign subsidiary or subsidiaries; there shall be included in the report of the corporation a comparative consolidated balance sheet of the corporation and its foreign subsidiary or subsidiaries, as of the beginning and close of its last calendar year or fiscal year; and the entire issued and outstanding capital stock, surplus and undivided profits of the corporation shall be deemed to be the entire issued and outstanding capital stock, surplus and undivided profits, determined as herein provided, of the corporation and its foreign subsidiary or subsidiaries on the basis of their consolidated accounts.