Whenever used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the definition and meaning ascribed to them in this section, unless the intention to give a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context: “Tax commission” or “department” means the Department of Revenue of the State of Mississippi. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of […]
Except as otherwise provided in this section, there is levied, to be collected as provided in this article, annual privilege taxes upon every person engaging or continuing within this state in the business of producing, or severing oil from the soil or water for sale, transport, storage, profit or for commercial use. The amount of […]
[With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:] All taxes levied in this article and collected by the Department of Revenue shall be paid into the State Treasury on the same day collected. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the commissioner shall […]
There is created a special fund in the State Treasury into which the state’s share of proceeds collected under Sections 27-25-505 and 27-25-705 shall be deposited. The state’s share of all oil and gas severance taxes derived from oil and gas resources under state-owned lands or from severed state-owned minerals shall be deposited into the […]
When any regular monthly report required from taxpayers by this article, does not disclose the actual source of any oil taxable under this article, but does show such oil to have escaped from a well or wells and to have been recovered from streams, lakes, ravines, or other natural depressions, it shall be the duty […]
The tax hereby imposed is levied upon the producers of such oil in the proportion of their ownership at the time of severance, but, except as otherwise herein provided, shall be paid by the person in charge of the production operations, who is hereby authorized, empowered and required to deduct from any amount due to […]
When the title to any oil being severed from the soil, or water, is in dispute, or whenever the producer of such oil from the soil, or water, or purchaser thereof, shall be withholding payments on account of litigation, or for any other reason, such producer or purchaser is hereby authorized, empowered, and required to […]
Every producer or person in charge of production operations by which oil is severed from the soil, or water, in this state, when making the reports required by this article, shall file with the commissioner a statement, under oath, on forms prescribed by him, of the business conducted by such producer or person in charge […]
When requested by the commissioner, all transporters (railroads, motor vehicles, pipe lines, or other carriers) of oil out of, within, or across the State of Mississippi shall be required to furnish the commissioner such information relative to the transportation of such oil, as he may require. The commissioner shall have authority to inspect bills of […]
The commissioner shall have the power to require any producer, or person in charge of production operations, or person purchasing any oil from the soil, or water, to furnish any additional information by him deemed to be necessary for the purpose of computing the amount of said tax; and for said purpose to examine the […]
The taxes levied hereunder shall be due and payable in monthly installments, on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. The taxpayer shall, on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month, make out a return showing the amount of the tax for which he […]
Every person engaged in the business of producing or purchasing any oil in this state, or who is in charge of production operations, and who is required to pay the tax imposed by this article, shall make and keep, for a period of three (3) years, a complete and accurate record, in the form required […]
All oil produced or under the ground on producing properties within the State of Mississippi and all producing oil equipment, including wells, connections, pumps, derricks and other appurtenances actually owned by and belonging to the producer, and all leases in production, including mineral rights in producing properties, shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes […]
If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this article shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, which changes or materially affects the scheme and method of taxation herein provided for, or which in anywise prevents or modifies the exemptions provided for under Section 27-25-523 hereof, then […]
