§ 79-4216 Mineral severance tax; definitions
§ 79-4217 Mineral severance tax; imposition of tax; rate; measurement of production; exemptions
§ 79-4218 Mineral severance tax; tax in addition to property tax
§ 79-4219 Mineral severance tax; credit against tax
§ 79-4220 Mineral severance tax; tax due and payable, when; persons liable for payment and collection; withholding by first purchaser; state lien on production, when
§ 79-4221 Mineral severance tax; filing of returns and remittance of tax, when, by whom; extension of return filing time, when; interest
§ 79-4222 Mineral severance tax; tax withholding and remittance when title to minerals disputed
§ 79-4223 Mineral severance tax; records required of mineral transporters
§ 79-4224 Mineral severance tax; inspection of records by director, when; subpoena power, contempt
§ 79-4225 Same; penalties and interest for nonpayment of tax, and failure or refusal to file returns
§ 79-4226 Mineral severance tax; recordkeeping requirements; time limitation for tax assessment, extensions; refund limitations
§ 79-4227 Mineral severance tax; disposition of revenue; mineral production tax refund fund; special county mineral production tax fund; mineral production education fund; distribution of revenue to counties and school districts, procedure
§ 79-4228 Same; rules and regulations
§ 79-4229 Same; severability clause
§ 79-4230 Reporting and payment of fees assessed by corporation commission on oil or gas production; time of payment
§ 79-4232 Same; abolish fund on July 1, 2016

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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 79 > Article 42 - Mineral Severance Tax

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Director: means the director of taxation. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Disruption of production: means , in the case of oil, a continuous 24-hour period during which a well is not producing. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gas: means natural gas, and all other raw, unrefined gas or gases, all constituent parts of any such gas or gases and refined products derived from any such gas or gases, including, but not limited to, methane, ethane, propane, butane and helium, taken from below the surface of the earth or water in this state, regardless of whether from a gas well or from a well also productive of oil or any other product. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • Gross value: means the sale price of oil or gas at the time of removal of the oil or gas from the lease or production unit and if oil or gas is exchanged for something other than cash, or if no sale occurs at the time of removal or if the director determines that the relationship between the buyer and the seller is such that the consideration paid, if any, is not indicative of the true value or market price, then the director shall determine the value of the oil or gas subject to tax based on the cash price paid to one or more producers for the oil or gas or based on the cash price paid to producers for like quality oil or gas in the vicinity of the lease or production unit at the time of the removal of the oil or gas from the lease or production unit. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • 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
  • Lease number: means the number assigned by the director of taxation to identify each well, lease or combination of wells within a lease. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Oil: means petroleum, or other crude oil, condensate, casinghead gasoline, or other mineral oil which is severed or withdrawn from below the surface of the soil or water in this state. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • Operator: means the person primarily responsible for the management and operation of coal, oil or gas productions from a lease, production unit or mine. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • Person: means any natural person, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, trust or any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular number. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • Producer: means any person owning, controlling, managing or leasing any coal, oil or gas property or oil or gas well or coal or salt mine, and any person who serves in any manner any coal, oil or gas in this state, and shall include any person owning any direct and beneficial interest in any coal, oil or gas produced, whether severed by such person or some other person on their behalf, either by lease, contract or otherwise, including a royalty owner. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • removal: means the physical transportation of coal, oil or gas off of the lease or production unit or from the mine where severed; and if the manufacture or conversion of crude oil or natural gas into refined products occurs on the premises where severed, oil or gas shall be deemed to have been removed on the date such manufacture or conversion begins. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • Secretary: means the secretary of revenue. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • severing: means : (1) The production of oil through extraction or withdrawal of the same from below the surface of the soil or water, whether such extraction or withdrawal shall be by natural flow, mechanical flow, forced flow, pumping or any other means employed to get the oil from below the surface of the soil or water and shall include the withdrawal by any means whatsoever of oil upon which the tax has not been paid, from any surface reservoir, natural or artificial, or from a water surface; (2) the production of gas through the extraction or withdrawal of the same by any means whatsoever, from below the surface of the earth or water; and (3) the physical removal of coal from the earth. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Taxpayer: means any person liable for the taxes imposed by this act. See Kansas Statutes 79-4216
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.