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Alaska Statutes.

Title 43. Revenue and Taxation

Chapter 55. Oil and Gas Production Tax and Oil Surcharge

Section 11. Oil and Gas Production Tax.

previous: Section 10. Gross Production Tax. [Repealed, Sec. 9 Ch 136 SLA 1977].
next: Section 12. Adjustment in Tax Rates. [Repealed, Sec. 34 Ch 2 TSSLA 2006].

AS 43.55.011. Oil and Gas Production Tax.

(a) [Repealed, Sec. 34 ch 2 TSSLA 2006].

(b) [Repealed, Sec. 34 ch 2 TSSLA 2006].

(c) [Repealed, Sec. 34 ch 2 TSSLA 2006].

(d) [Repealed, Sec. 18 ch 116 SLA 1981].

(e) There is levied on the producer of oil or gas a tax for all oil and gas produced each calendar year from each lease or property in the state, less any oil and gas the ownership or right to which is exempt from taxation or constitutes a landowner's royalty interest. Except as otherwise provided under (f), (j), (k), and (o) of this section, the tax is equal to the sum of

(1) the annual production tax value of the taxable oil and gas as calculated under AS 43.55.160 (a)(1) multiplied by 25 percent; and

(2) the sum, over all months of the calendar year, of the tax amounts determined under (g) of this section.

(f) The levy of tax under this section for oil and gas produced north of 68 degrees North latitude, other than oil and gas production subject to (i) of this section and gas subject to (o) of this section, may not be less than

(1) four percent of the gross value at the point of production when the average price per barrel for Alaska North Slope crude oil for sale on the United States West Coast during the calendar year for which the tax is due is more than $25;

(2) three percent of the gross value at the point of production when the average price per barrel for Alaska North Slope crude oil for sale on the United States West Coast during the calendar year for which the tax is due is over $20 but not over $25;

(3) two percent of the gross value at the point of production when the average price per barrel for Alaska North Slope crude oil for sale on the United States West Coast during the calendar year for which the tax is due is over $17.50 but not over $20;

(4) one percent of the gross value at the point of production when the average price per barrel for Alaska North Slope crude oil for sale on the United States West Coast during the calendar year for which the tax is due is over $15 but not over $17.50; or

(5) zero percent of the gross value at the point of production when the average price per barrel for Alaska North Slope crude oil for sale on the United States West Coast during the calendar year for which the tax is due is $15 or less.

(g) For each month of the calendar year for which the producer's average monthly production tax value under AS 43.55.160 (a)(2) per BTU equivalent barrel of the taxable oil and gas is more than $30, the amount of tax for purposes of (e)(2) of this section is determined by multiplying the monthly production tax value of the taxable oil and gas produced during the month by the tax rate calculated as follows:

(1) if the producer's average monthly production tax value per BTU equivalent barrel of the taxable oil and gas for the month is not more than $92.50, the tax rate is 0.4 percent multiplied by the number that represents the difference between that average monthly production tax value per BTU equivalent barrel and $30; or

(2) if the producer's average monthly production tax value per BTU equivalent barrel of the taxable oil and gas for the month is more than $92.50, the tax rate is the sum of 25 percent and the product of 0.1 percent multiplied by the number that represents the difference between the average monthly production tax value per BTU equivalent barrel and $92.50, except that the sum determined under this paragraph may not exceed 50 percent.

(h) [Repealed, Sec. 66 ch 1 SSSLA 2007].

(i) There is levied on the producer of oil or gas a tax for all oil and gas produced each calendar year from each lease or property in the state the ownership or right to which constitutes a landowner's royalty interest, except for oil and gas the ownership or right to which is exempt from taxation. The provisions of this subsection apply to a landowner's royalty interest as follows:

(1) the tax levied for oil is equal to five percent of the gross value at the point of production of the oil;

(2) the tax levied for gas is equal to 1.667 percent of the gross value at the point of production of the gas;

(3) if the department determines that, for purposes of reducing the producer's tax liability under (1) or (2) of this subsection, the producer has received or will receive consideration from the royalty owner offsetting all or a part of the producer's royalty obligation, other than a deduction under AS 43.55.020 (d) of the amount of a tax paid, then, notwithstanding (1) and (2) of this subsection, the tax is equal to 25 percent of the gross value at the point of production of the oil and gas.

(j) For a calendar year before 2022, the tax levied by (e) of this section for gas produced from a lease or property in the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin may not exceed

(1) for a lease or property that first commenced commercial production of gas before April 1, 2006, the product obtained by multiplying (A) the amount of taxable gas produced during the calendar year from the lease or property, times (B) the average rate of tax that was imposed under this chapter for taxable gas produced from the lease or property for the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2006, times (C) the quotient obtained by dividing the total gross value at the point of production of the taxable gas produced from the lease or property during the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2006, by the total amount of that gas;

(2) for a lease or property that first commences commercial production of gas after March 31, 2006, the product obtained by multiplying (A) the amount of taxable gas produced during the calendar year from the lease or property, times (B) the average rate of tax that was imposed under this chapter for taxable gas produced from all leases or properties in the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin for the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2006, times (C) the average prevailing value for gas delivered in the Cook Inlet area for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2006, as determined by the department under AS 43.55.020 (f).

(k) For a calendar year before 2022, the tax levied by (e) of this section for oil produced from a lease or property in the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin may not exceed

(1) for a lease or property that first commenced commercial production of oil before April 1, 2006, the product obtained by multiplying (A) the amount of taxable oil produced during the calendar year from the lease or property, times (B) the average rate of tax that was imposed under this chapter for taxable oil produced from the lease or property for the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2006, times (C) the quotient obtained by dividing the total gross value at the point of production of the taxable oil produced from the lease or property during the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2006, by the total amount of that oil;

(2) for a lease or property that first commences commercial production of oil after March 31, 2006, the product obtained by multiplying (A) the amount of taxable oil produced during the calendar year from the lease or property, times (B) the average rate of tax that was imposed under this chapter for taxable oil produced from all leases or properties in the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin for the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2006, times (C) the average prevailing value for oil produced and delivered in the Cook Inlet area for the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2006, as determined by the department under AS 43.55.020 (f).

(l) [Repealed, Sec. 66 ch 1 SSSLA 2007].

(m) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of AS 38.05.180 (i), AS 41.09.010 , AS 43.55.024 , or 43.55.025, the department shall provide by regulation a method to ensure that, for a calendar year for which a producer's tax liability is limited by (j), (k), or (o) of this section, tax credits otherwise available under AS 38.05.180 (i), AS 41.09.010 , AS 43.55.024 , or 43.55.025 and allocated to gas subject to the limitations in (j), (k), and (o) of this section are accounted for as though the credits had been applied first against a tax liability calculated without regard to the limitations under (j), (k), and (o) of this section so as to reduce the tax liability to the maximum amount provided for under (j) or (o) of this section for the production of gas or (k) of this section for the production of oil. The regulation must provide for a reasonable method to allocate tax credits to gas subject to (j) and (o) of this section. Only the amount of a tax credit remaining after the accounting provided for under this subsection may be used for a later calendar year, transferred to another person, or applied against a tax levied on the production of oil or gas not subject to (j), (k), or (o) of this section to the extent otherwise allowed.

(n) [Repealed, Sec. 66 ch 1 SSSLA 2007].

(o) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, for a calendar year before 2022, the tax levied under (e) of this section for each 1,000 cubic feet of gas for gas produced from a lease or property outside the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin and used in the state may not exceed the amount of tax for each 1,000 cubic feet of gas that is determined under (j)(2) of this section.