(a) A producer that produces oil or gas from a lease or property in the state during a calendar year, whether or not any tax payment is due under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.020(a) for that oil or gas, shall file with the department on March 31 of the following year a statement, under oath, in a form prescribed by the department, giving, with other information required, the following:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 43.55.030

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes affirmation or declaration. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) a description of each lease or property from which oil or gas was produced, by name, legal description, lease number, or accounting codes assigned by the department;
(2) the names of the producer and, if different, the person paying the tax, if any;
(3) the gross amount of oil and the gross amount of gas produced from each lease or property, separately identifying the gross amount of gas produced from each oil and gas lease to which an effective election under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.014(a) applies, the amount of gas delivered to the state under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.014(b), and the percentage of the gross amount of oil and gas owned by the producer;
(4) the gross value at the point of production of the oil and of the gas produced from each lease or property owned by the producer and the costs of transportation of the oil and gas;
(5) the name of the first purchaser and the price received for the oil and for the gas, unless relieved from this requirement in whole or in part by the department;
(6) the producer’s qualified capital expenditures, as defined in Alaska Stat. § 43.55.023, other lease expenditures under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.165, and adjustments or other payments or credits under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.170;
(7) the production tax values of the oil and gas under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.160(a) or of the oil under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.160(h), as applicable;
(8) any claims for tax credits to be applied; and
(9) calculations showing the amounts, if any, that were or are due under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.020(a) and interest on any underpayment or overpayment.
(b)[Repealed, Sec. 11 ch 101 SLA 1972.]
(c)[Repealed, Sec. 11 ch 101 SLA 1972.]
(d) Reports required under this section are delinquent the first day following the day the report is due. The person required to file the report is liable for a penalty, as determined by the department under standards adopted in regulation by the department, of not more than $1,000 for each day the person fails to file the report at the time required. The penalty is in addition to the penalties in Alaska Stat. § 43.05.220 and 43.05.290 and is assessed, collected, and paid in the same manner as a tax deficiency under this title. In this subsection, “report” includes a statement.
(e) An explorer or producer that incurs a lease expenditure under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.165 or receives a payment or credit under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.170 during a calendar year but does not produce oil or gas from a lease or property in the state during the calendar year shall file with the department, on March 31 of the following year, a statement, under oath, in a form prescribed by the department, giving, with other information required, the following:

(1) the explorer’s or producer’s qualified capital expenditures, as defined in Alaska Stat. § 43.55.023, other lease expenditures under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.165, and adjustments or other payments or credits under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.170; and
(2) if the explorer or producer receives a payment or credit under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.170, calculations showing whether the explorer or producer is liable for a tax under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.160(d) or 43.55.170(b) and, if so, the amount.
(f) The department may require a producer, an explorer, or an operator of a lease or property to file monthly reports, as applicable, of

(1) the amounts and gross value at the point of production of oil and gas produced;
(2) transportation costs of the oil and gas;
(3) any unscheduled interruption of, or reduction in the rate of, oil or gas production;
(4) lease expenditures and adjustments under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.165 and 43.55.170;
(5) joint interest billings;
(6) contracts for the sale or transportation of oil or gas;
(7) information and calculations used in determining monthly installment payments of estimated tax under Alaska Stat. § 43.55.020(a); and
(8) other records and information the department considers necessary for the administration of this chapter.
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