Each company required to be assessed under the provisions of this chapter annually, on or before the first day of May, under oath of the president or other chief executive officer, and the secretary or treasurer or auditor or superintendent of the company, shall make and file with the tax commissioner, in the manner prescribed by the tax commissioner, a report containing the following information, so far as applicable to the company making the report, as of January first of the year in which the report is furnished:

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Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-06-06

  • 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.
  • Credits: means and includes every claim and demand for money or other valuable thing, and every annuity or sum of money receivable at stated periods, due or to become due, and all claims and demands secured by deeds or mortgages, due or to become due. See North Dakota Code 57-02-01
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • moneys: means gold and silver coin, treasury notes, bank notes, and every deposit which any person owning the same or holding in trust and residing in this state is entitled to withdraw as money or on demand. See North Dakota Code 57-02-01
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33

1.    The name of the company.

2.    The nature of the company, whether a person, association, corporation, or limited liability company, and under the laws of the state or country organized, the date of original organization, the date of reorganization, consolidation, or merger, with specific reference to laws authorizing the same.

3.    Location of its principal office.

4.    The name of the place where its books, papers, and accounts are kept.

5. The name and post-office address of the president, secretary, treasurer, auditor, superintendent, general manager, and all other general officers.

6.    The name and post-office address of the chief officer or managing agent of the company in North Dakota and of all other general officers residing in this state.

7.    The total number of shares of capital stock.

8.    The par value of the shares of the capital stock for the whole system, showing separately the amount authorized, amount issued, amount outstanding, and dividends paid thereon.

9.    If the capital stock has no market value, the actual value on the dates and for the periods designated by the tax commissioner.

10.    The funded debt of the company for the whole system and a detailed statement of all series of bonds, debentures, or other securities, forming a part of the funded debt, at par value, with the date of issue, maturity, rate of interest, and amount of interest for the preceding year.

11.    The market value of each series of funded debt securities for the whole system on the dates and for the periods designated by the tax commissioner, and if the whole or a part of the funded debt has no market value, then its actual value for the dates and periods as the tax commissioner may specify.

12.    The general description of the operative and nonoperative real estate of the company in North Dakota as would be sufficient in a conveyance thereof, under a judicial decree, to vest in the grantee all title and interest in and to the property.

13.    A description of the personal property of the company, including moneys and credits, held by the company as a whole system, and the part of the property apportioned to the line in North Dakota.

14.    The whole length of the lines of the system operated by the company and the length of the lines in North Dakota, whether operated as owner, lessee, or otherwise. The length     of the line operated for the whole system and in North Dakota shall be separately reported.

15.    The entire gross earnings of the company from operation, expenses of operation, net earnings and income from operation, and the income from other sources, for the whole system, and in North Dakota, for the years or period the tax commissioner may request or specify, not exceeding five years.

16.    The location of the property of the company within this state by counties, municipalities, and districts, in the manner and detail as the tax commissioner shall prescribe.

17.    Other facts and information as the tax commissioner may require or which the company may deem material relating to the taxation of its property in this state.