Taxes

The Canadian government made a commitment Thursday to help cover expenses of reducing industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by providing investment tax credits for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). The 2022 federal budget plan presented by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland set CCUS tax credit rates of 60% for direct air capture systems, 50% for…

Texas’ oil and natural gas industry paid $15.8 billion in state and local taxes and state royalties in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, with school districts and counties in the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale the top beneficiaries, according to the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA). “Despite an incredibly difficult two years, the Texas…

Alberta natural gas and oil producers predict their annual taxes will drop by C$85 million ($64 million) thanks to provincial and municipal reductions announced Monday as a response to the Covid-19 andemic. The relief program for exploration and production (E&P) companies cuts levies on wells, drilling equipment, pipelines and industrial property for three years. While…

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) has adopted a mill levy rate increase in order to balance its budget amid revenue shortfalls caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent downturn in commodity pricing. Mill levies, the regulator’s main source of revenue, are property taxes whose rates are expressed in mills, which are equal…

The natural gas and oil industry in Texas paid more than $16 billion last year in combined state/local taxes and in royalties, the highest in history, according to the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA).

Alaska Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer certified a ballot initiative last week that would end certain tax credits for oil and natural gas production in the state’s most prolific regions, and effectively increase tax rates.

A slowdown in oil and gas activity in Oklahoma between late 2014 and late 2016 created a $1.5 billion, or 15.4%, loss in total state tax revenue, according to a report released last month by the State Chamber of Oklahoma.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday in the final budget address of his first term again called on a joint session of the General Assembly “to do the right thing” and pass a proposal to implement a severance tax on natural gas production.

With comprehensive tax reform winning passage in the Republican-controlled Senate on Saturday, lawmakers in the House, where the GOP also holds sway, are preparing to hold conference committee talks to iron out differences, including on energy issues, between bills passed in the House and Senate.