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Home » US Law » 2022 Alaska Statutes » Title 43. Revenue and Taxation » Chapter 77. Fishery Resource Landing Tax

Sec. 43.77.010. Landing tax.

A person who engages or attempts to engage in a floating fisheries business in the state and who owns a fishery resource that is not subject to AS 43.75 but that is brought into the jurisdiction of, and first landed in, this state is liable for and shall pay a landing tax on the value […]

Sec. 43.77.015. Obligations and payments under fishery cooperative contracts.

(a) The department shall deposit a payment made to the state under a contract subject to sec. 210(f), American Fisheries Act, P.L. 105-277, into the separate account established under AS 43.77.050(b). (b) An obligation imposed by a contract subject to sec. 210(f), American Fisheries Act, P.L. 105-277, shall be treated as if it were a […]

Sec. 43.77.020. Filing return and payment of tax.

(a) A person subject to the tax under this chapter shall file a return stating the value of fishery resources landed in the state that are subject to the tax, the point of landing of the fishery resource, and other information the department requires by regulation. (b) The return shall be made on the basis […]

Sec. 43.77.030. Credit for other taxes paid.

The department shall grant a credit, not to exceed the taxpayer’s liability for the tax under this chapter on a fishery resource, to a taxpayer for taxes equivalent in nature to those imposed under AS 43.75 and AS 43.76 that are paid to another jurisdiction in which the fishery resource was either caught, processed, or […]

Sec. 43.77.040. Credit for approved contributions. [See delayed repeal note.]

(a) A taxpayer who harvests a fishery resource under the provisions of a community development quota may claim as a credit, against not more than 45.45 percent of the tax under this chapter that is due on the value of the fishery resource harvested under the community development quota, the taxpayer’s contributions made during the […]

Sec. 43.77.045. Fisheries resource landing tax education credit. [See delayed repeal note.]

(a) A person engaged in a floating fisheries business is allowed a credit against the tax due under this chapter for contributions of cash or equipment accepted for (1) direct instruction, research, and educational support purposes, including library and museum acquisitions, and contributions to endowment, by an Alaska university foundation, by a nonprofit, public or […]

Sec. 43.77.050. Separate accounting.

(a) [Repealed, § 28 ch 81 SLA 1996.] (b) [See delayed amendment note.] The tax collected under this chapter shall be paid into a separate account in the general fund. The annual balance in the account may be appropriated by the legislature for revenue sharing under AS 43.77.060. The amount of all tax credits approved […]

Sec. 43.77.060. Revenue sharing.

(a) Subject to appropriation by the legislature and except as provided in (b) of this section, the commissioner shall pay to each (1) unified municipality and to each city located in the unorganized borough, 50 percent of the amount of tax revenue collected from taxes levied under this chapter on the fishery resource landed in […]

Sec. 43.77.200. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “community development quota” has the meaning given that term in a regulation adopted by the Office of the Governor, under authority granted by art. III, secs. 1 and 24, Constitution of the State of Alaska, to implement a program of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to set aside fisheries resources […]