Severance tax definition

Severance tax means an amount of tax, surcharge or levy recovered by governmental agencies from the gross proceeds of oil and natural gas sales. Severance tax may be determined as a percentage of proceeds or as a specific amount per volumetric unit of sales. Severance tax is usually withheld from the gross proceeds of oil and natural gas sales by the first purchaser (e.g., pipeline or refinery) of production.
Severance tax means an amount of tax, surcharge or levy recovered by governmental agencies from the gross proceeds of oil and natural gas sales.
Severance tax means the tax imposed in W. Va. Code§11-13A-3(a) on the privilege of engaging or continuing within this state the business of severing coal. extracting coal . reducing coal to

Examples of Severance tax in a sentence

  • However, gas produced from wells drilled into the L-14 ▇▇▇ L-15 sands, the L-24, L-25, L-26, L-27, L-▇▇, ▇-▇▇, ▇-▇▇, ▇-▇▇, ▇-▇▇, ▇-▇▇, ▇-▇▇, ▇-▇▇, ▇-41, L-43, L-44, L-45 and L-46 sands should also be exempt from the Texas Severance tax.


More Definitions of Severance tax

Severance tax means an amount of tax, surcharge or levy recovered by governmental agencies from the gross proceeds of oil and natural gas sales. Severance tax may be determined as a percentage of proceeds or as a specific