The objectives of the Association are to assist state and local tax administrators in the exchange of information and encourage uniformity in laws, regulations and administration, to disseminate information tending toward the more efficient operation of local tax offices, to encourage the practice of cooperation and the reciprocal exchange of information between all state and local tax administrators, and to increase the efficiency of each state and local tax administrator, by encouraging cooperation and the exchange of information.

LATA was established in 1966 and is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of eight Directors, three Officers elected annually from the general membership, and the Trustees. It is the duty of the President of the Association, after consultation with the Board of Directors, to appoint the committees each year. The committees appointed for the year of 2012 are listed here.