57-51 Oil and Gas Gross Production Tax

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CHAPTER 57-51OIL AND GAS GROSS PRODUCTION TAX57-51-01. Definitions. As used in this chapter:1."Barrel of oil" means forty-two United States gallons of two hundred thirty-one cubic<br>inches per gallon computed at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit [158.99<br>liters computed at a temperature of 15.56 degrees Celsius].2."Commissioner" means the state tax commissioner.3."Field" means the geographic area underlaid by one or more pools, as defined by<br>the industrial commission.4."Gas" means natural gas and casinghead gas.5."Oil" means petroleum, crude oil, mineral oil, and casinghead gasoline.6."Person" includes partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association,<br>fiduciary, trustee, and any combination of individuals.7."Posted price" means the price specified in publicly available posted price bulletins<br>or other public notices, net of any adjustments for quality and location.8."Shallow gas" means gas produced from a gas well completed in or producing from<br>a shallow gas zone, as certified to the tax commissioner by the industrial<br>commission.9."Shallow gas zone" means a strata or formation, including lignite or coal strata or<br>seam, located above the depth of five thousand feet [1524 meters] below the<br>surface, or located more than five thousand feet [1524 meters] below the surface but<br>above the top of the Rierdon formation, from which gas is or may be produced.10."Transportation costs" means the costs incurred for transporting oil established in<br>accordance with the first applicable of the following methods:a.Actual costs incurred under the arm's-length contract between the producer and<br>the transporter of oil.b.An applicable common carrier rate established and filed with the North Dakota<br>public service commission, or the appropriate federal jurisdictional agency.c.When no common carrier rate would be applicable, the transportation costs are<br>those reasonable costs associated with the actual operating and maintenance<br>expenses, overhead costs directly attributable and allocable to the operation<br>and maintenance, and either depreciation and a return on undepreciated capital<br>investment, or a cost equal to a return on the investment in the transportation<br>system, as determined by the commissioner.57-51-02. Gross production tax - Oil. A tax of five percent of the gross value at thewell is levied upon all oil produced within North Dakota, less the value of any part thereof, the<br>ownership or right to which is exempt from taxation.The tax levied attaches to the wholeproduction, including the royalty interest.57-51-02.1. Type of tax. For purposes of interpreting chapter 785 of the 1987 SessionLaws, relating to federal land bank taxation and to the taxation of other governmental entities if<br>their immunity from taxation has been waived, the gross production tax is a real property tax on<br>oil-producing and gas-producing mineral estates and interests.Page No. 157-51-02.2. Gross production tax - Gas. A gross production tax is levied upon all gasproduced within North Dakota except gas that is exempt from taxation. The tax levied must<br>attach to the whole production, including the royalty interest. The tax on gas must be calculated<br>by taking the taxable production in mcf times the gas tax rate.1.The gas tax rate is four cents times the gas base rate adjustment for each fiscal year<br>as calculated under subsection 2.2.a.The tax department shall annually determine the gas base rate adjustment and<br>the resulting gas tax rate for each fiscal year beginning on July first.b.The gas base rate adjustment for the fiscal year is a fraction, the numerator of<br>which is the annual average of the gas fuels producer price index, commodity<br>code 05-3, as calculated and published by the United States department of<br>labor, bureau of labor statistics, for the previous calendar year, and the<br>denominator of which is seventy-five and seven-tenths.c.The tax department shall provide the gas base rate adjustment and the gas tax<br>rate for the fiscal year, as determined under this subsection, to affected<br>producers by written notice mailed on or before June first.d.If the index used to determine the gas base rate adjustment is substantially<br>revised, or if the base year for the index is changed, the department by<br>administrative rule shall make appropriate adjustment to the method used to<br>determine the gas base rate adjustment to ensure a result which is reasonably<br>consistent with the result which would have been obtained had the index not<br>been revised or the base year changed.e.If the gas fuels producer price index is discontinued, a comparable index must<br>be adopted by the department by an administrative rule.57-51-02.3. Valuation of oil - Alternatives - Exceptions. The gross value at the wellfor oil is the price paid for the oil under an arm's-length contract between the producer and the<br>purchaser less, when applicable, transportation costs associated with moving the oil from the<br>point of production to the point of sale under the contract. In the absence of an arm's-length<br>contract, the gross value at the well for oil is established by the first applicable of the following<br>methods:1.The price paid under an arm's-length contract, to which the person paying the tax is<br>a party, for the purchase or sale of oil of like kind, character, and quality, in the same<br>field or, if none, in a nearby field, less, when applicable, transportation costs<br>associated with moving the oil from the point of production to the point of sale.2.The price paid under an arm's-length contract, between parties other than the<br>person paying the tax, for the purchase or sale of oil of like kind, character, and<br>quality, in the same field or, if none, in a nearby field, less, when applicable,<br>transportation costs associated with moving the oil from the point of production to<br>the point of sale.3.The value determined by consideration of the posted price relevant in valuing oil of<br>like kind, character, and quality, in the same field or, if none, in a nearby field, less,<br>when applicable, adjustments for transportation costs to reflect the differential<br>between the value at the point of production and the value at the location reflected in<br>the posted price.57-51-02.4. Shallow gas - Gross production tax exemption. Shallow gas producedduring the first twenty-four months of production from and after the date of first sales of gas from<br>a well completed or recompleted in a shallow gas zone after June 30, 2003, is exempted from<br>the gross production tax levied under section 57-51-02.2. Gas produced from such a well duringPage No. 2testing prior to well completion or connection to a pipeline is also exempt from the gross<br>production tax.57-51-02.5. Exemption of gas for electrical generation at well site. Gas burned atthe well site to power an electrical generator that consumes at least seventy-five percent of the<br>gas from the well is exempt from the tax under section 57-51-02.2.57-51-03. Gross production tax to be in lieu of other taxes. The payment of thetaxes herein imposed must be in full, and in lieu of all ad valorem taxes by the state, counties,<br>cities, towns, townships, school districts, and other municipalities, upon any property rights<br>attached to or inherent in the right to producing oil or gas, upon producing oil or gas leases, upon<br>machinery, appliances, and equipment used in and around any well producing oil or gas and<br>actually used in the operation of such well, and also upon oil and gas produced in the state upon<br>which gross production taxes have been paid, and upon any investment in any such property.<br>Any interest in the land, other than that herein enumerated, must be assessed and taxed as other<br>property within the taxing district in which such property is situated. It is expressly provided that<br>the gross production tax is not in lieu of income taxes nor excise taxes upon the sale of oil and<br>gas products at retail.57-51-04.Equipment used in production exempt from ad valorem tax.Noequipment, material, or property is exempt from the payment of ad valorem tax by reason of the<br>payment of the gross production tax as herein provided except such equipment, machinery,<br>tools, material, or property as is actually necessary and being used at the site of a producing well<br>in the production of oil or gas; and it is expressly declared that no ice plants, hospitals, office<br>buildings, garages, residences, gasoline extraction or absorption plants, water systems, fuel<br>systems, roominghouses, and other buildings, nor any equipment or material used in connection<br>therewith is exempt from ad valorem tax, nor are drilling rigs exempt. The real property is not<br>exempt under this chapter except to the extent of the mineral interests therein.57-51-05. Payment of tax on monthly basis - When tax due - When delinquent -Payment by purchaser - By producer - How casinghead gas taxed.1.The gross production tax on oil or gas, as herein provided, must be paid on a<br>monthly basis. The tax on oil is due and payable on the twenty-fifth day of the<br>month succeeding the month of production. The tax on gas is due and payable on<br>the fifteenth day of the second month succeeding the month of production. If the tax<br>is not paid as required by this section, it becomes delinquent and must be collected<br>as provided in this chapter. The penalty does not apply if ninety percent of the tax<br>due has been paid with the monthly return and the taxpayer files an amended<br>monthly return and pays the total tax due within sixty days from the original due<br>date.The commissioner, upon request and a proper showing of the necessitytherefor, may grant an extension of time, not to exceed fifteen days, for paying the<br>tax and when the request is granted the tax is not delinquent until the extended<br>period has expired. Any taxpayer who requests and is granted an extension of time<br>for filing a return shall pay, with the tax, interest at the rate of twelve percent per<br>annum from the date the tax was due to the date the tax is paid.2.On oil or gas produced and sold, the gross production tax thereon must be paid by<br>the purchaser, and the purchaser is authorized to deduct in making settlement with<br>the producer or royalty owner, the amount of tax paid; provided, that in the event oil<br>produced is not sold but is retained by the producer, the tax on the oil not sold must<br>be paid by the producer, including the tax due on royalty oil not sold; provided<br>further, that in settlement with the royalty owner the producer has the right to deduct<br>the amount of the tax paid on royalty oil or to deduct therefrom royalty oil equivalent<br>in value at the time the tax becomes due with the amount of the tax paid.3.Gas when produced and utilized in any manner, except when used for fuel or<br>otherwise used in the operation of any lease or premises in the drilling for or<br>production of oil or gas therefrom, or for repressuring thereon, must be consideredPage No. 3for the purpose of this chapter, as to the amount utilized, as gas actually produced<br>and saved.4.All calculations of the gross production tax on oil or gas, including production,<br>distribution, and claims for credit or refund, are based on the month of production<br>and must be credited to that month.57-51-05.1. Reclamation of oil - Refiner to pay tax - Reports required. On all oilreclaimed from tank bottoms, pit oil, and saltwater, the gross production tax shall be paid by the<br>operator of the reclaiming plant, unless taxes have already been paid thereon. If tank bottom or<br>pit oil material is removed from the lease by the operator of a treatment plant, the gross value of<br>oil reclaimed from the material is the purchase price paid by the operator of the treatment plant<br>for the material from which the oil is reclaimed. If the operator has not paid a cash price for the<br>material, the oil reclaimed has no value at the well. Every person, firm, association, corporation,<br>or limited liability company engaged in the sale, purchasing, and refining of tank bottoms, pit oil,<br>and saltwater shall report to the commissioner, upon forms prescribed by the commissioner,<br>information necessary to the enforcement of this section.57-51-06.Tax paid to commissioner - Statements by person paying tax -Statements by producer.1.The tax herein provided for must be paid to the commissioner and the person paying<br>the tax shall file with the commissioner at the time the tax is required to be paid a<br>statement on forms prescribed by the commissioner.The commissioner mayrequire a purchaser to file the statement or report by electronic data interchange or<br>other electronic media.2.Any person engaged in the production, within this state, of oil shall on or before the<br>twenty-fifth day of the next succeeding month after production, and any person<br>engaged in the production of gas within this state shall, on or before the fifteenth of<br>the second succeeding month after production, file with the commissioner a<br>statement upon forms prescribed by the commissioner.The commissioner maywaive the requirement that a producer file a well production report. A waiver by the<br>commissioner of the requirement to file a well production report does not release the<br>producer from any obligation to remit the tax under this chapter. A waiver does not<br>release the producer from any duty or obligation under section 57-51-07 to maintain<br>production records for inspection by the commissioner.3.Reports from either the purchaser or producer, as the case may be, are delinquent<br>after the last day fixed for their filing, and every person required to file a report is<br>subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars per day for each property upon which the<br>person fails or refuses to file the reports. The penalties herein prescribed are for<br>failure to file reports and are in addition to the penalty imposed by section 57-51-10<br>and likewise constitute a lien against the assets of the person failing or refusing to<br>file the reports. The penalties prescribed under this section must be collected in the<br>same manner as gross production taxes and must be apportioned as other gross<br>production tax penalties; provided, that the commissioner may, for good cause<br>shown, waive any penalties imposed under this section. When royalty is claimed to<br>be exempt from taxation by law, the facts on which the claims of exemption are<br>based and other relevant information must be furnished when requested by the<br>commissioner.4.The tax commissioner may prescribe alternative methods for signing, subscribing, or<br>verifying a return filed by electronic means, including telecommunications, that shall<br>have the same validity and consequence as the actual signature and written<br>declaration for a paper return.57-51-07.Powers of commissioner.The commissioner has power to require anyperson engaged in such production and the agent or employee of such person, or purchaser ofPage No. 4such oil or gas, or the owner of any royalty interest therein to furnish any additional information<br>the commissioner deems to be necessary for the purpose of correctly computing the amount of<br>said tax, and to examine the books, records, and files of such person, and has power to conduct<br>hearings and compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, records, and papers<br>of any person, and full authority to make any investigation or hold any inquest deemed necessary<br>to a full and complete disclosure of the true facts as to the amount of production from any oil or<br>gas location, or of any company or other producer thereof, and as to the rendition thereof for<br>taxing purposes.57-51-08. State board of equalization may adjust rate of gross production tax toequal the general ad valorem tax. 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Definitions. As used in this chapter:1.\u0026quot;Barrel of oil\u0026quot; means forty-two United States gallons of two hundred thirty-one cubic\u003cbr\u003einches per gallon computed at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit [158.99\u003cbr\u003eliters computed at a temperature of 15.56 degrees Celsius].2.\u0026quot;Commissioner\u0026quot; means the state tax commissioner.3.\u0026quot;Field\u0026quot; means the geographic area underlaid by one or more pools, as defined by\u003cbr\u003ethe industrial commission.4.\u0026quot;Gas\u0026quot; means natural gas and casinghead gas.5.\u0026quot;Oil\u0026quot; means petroleum, crude oil, mineral oil, and casinghead gasoline.6.\u0026quot;Person\u0026quot; includes partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association,\u003cbr\u003efiduciary, trustee, and any combination of individuals.7.\u0026quot;Posted price\u0026quot; means the price specified in publicly available posted price bulletins\u003cbr\u003eor other public notices, net of any adjustments for quality and location.8.\u0026quot;Shallow gas\u0026quot; means gas produced from a gas well completed in or producing from\u003cbr\u003ea shallow gas zone, as certified to the tax commissioner by the industrial\u003cbr\u003ecommission.9.\u0026quot;Shallow gas zone\u0026quot; means a strata or formation, including lignite or coal strata or\u003cbr\u003eseam, located above the depth of five thousand feet [1524 meters] below the\u003cbr\u003esurface, or located more than five thousand feet [1524 meters] below the surface but\u003cbr\u003eabove the top of the Rierdon formation, from which gas is or may be produced.10.\u0026quot;Transportation costs\u0026quot; means the costs incurred for transporting oil established in\u003cbr\u003eaccordance with the first applicable of the following methods:a.Actual costs incurred under the arm's-length contract between the producer and\u003cbr\u003ethe transporter of oil.b.An applicable common carrier rate established and filed with the North Dakota\u003cbr\u003epublic service commission, or the appropriate federal jurisdictional agency.c.When no common carrier rate would be applicable, the transportation costs are\u003cbr\u003ethose reasonable costs associated with the actual operating and maintenance\u003cbr\u003eexpenses, overhead costs directly attributable and allocable to the operation\u003cbr\u003eand maintenance, and either depreciation and a return on undepreciated capital\u003cbr\u003einvestment, or a cost equal to a return on the investment in the transportation\u003cbr\u003esystem, as determined by the commissioner.57-51-02. Gross production tax - Oil. A tax of five percent of the gross value at thewell is levied upon all oil produced within North Dakota, less the value of any part thereof, the\u003cbr\u003eownership or right to which is exempt from taxation.The tax levied attaches to the wholeproduction, including the royalty interest.57-51-02.1. Type of tax. For purposes of interpreting chapter 785 of the 1987 SessionLaws, relating to federal land bank taxation and to the taxation of other governmental entities if\u003cbr\u003etheir immunity from taxation has been waived, the gross production tax is a real property tax on\u003cbr\u003eoil-producing and gas-producing mineral estates and interests.Page No. 157-51-02.2. Gross production tax - Gas. A gross production tax is levied upon all gasproduced within North Dakota except gas that is exempt from taxation. The tax levied must\u003cbr\u003eattach to the whole production, including the royalty interest. The tax on gas must be calculated\u003cbr\u003eby taking the taxable production in mcf times the gas tax rate.1.The gas tax rate is four cents times the gas base rate adjustment for each fiscal year\u003cbr\u003eas calculated under subsection 2.2.a.The tax department shall annually determine the gas base rate adjustment and\u003cbr\u003ethe resulting gas tax rate for each fiscal year beginning on July first.b.The gas base rate adjustment for the fiscal year is a fraction, the numerator of\u003cbr\u003ewhich is the annual average of the gas fuels producer price index, commodity\u003cbr\u003ecode 05-3, as calculated and published by the United States department of\u003cbr\u003elabor, bureau of labor statistics, for the previous calendar year, and the\u003cbr\u003edenominator of which is seventy-five and seven-tenths.c.The tax department shall provide the gas base rate adjustment and the gas tax\u003cbr\u003erate for the fiscal year, as determined under this subsection, to affected\u003cbr\u003eproducers by written notice mailed on or before June first.d.If the index used to determine the gas base rate adjustment is substantially\u003cbr\u003erevised, or if the base year for the index is changed, the department by\u003cbr\u003eadministrative rule shall make appropriate adjustment to the method used to\u003cbr\u003edetermine the gas base rate adjustment to ensure a result which is reasonably\u003cbr\u003econsistent with the result which would have been obtained had the index not\u003cbr\u003ebeen revised or the base year changed.e.If the gas fuels producer price index is discontinued, a comparable index must\u003cbr\u003ebe adopted by the department by an administrative rule.57-51-02.3. Valuation of oil - Alternatives - Exceptions. The gross value at the wellfor oil is the price paid for the oil under an arm's-length contract between the producer and the\u003cbr\u003epurchaser less, when applicable, transportation costs associated with moving the oil from the\u003cbr\u003epoint of production to the point of sale under the contract. In the absence of an arm's-length\u003cbr\u003econtract, the gross value at the well for oil is established by the first applicable of the following\u003cbr\u003emethods:1.The price paid under an arm's-length contract, to which the person paying the tax is\u003cbr\u003ea party, for the purchase or sale of oil of like kind, character, and quality, in the same\u003cbr\u003efield or, if none, in a nearby field, less, when applicable, transportation costs\u003cbr\u003eassociated with moving the oil from the point of production to the point of sale.2.The price paid under an arm's-length contract, between parties other than the\u003cbr\u003eperson paying the tax, for the purchase or sale of oil of like kind, character, and\u003cbr\u003equality, in the same field or, if none, in a nearby field, less, when applicable,\u003cbr\u003etransportation costs associated with moving the oil from the point of production to\u003cbr\u003ethe point of sale.3.The value determined by consideration of the posted price relevant in valuing oil of\u003cbr\u003elike kind, character, and quality, in the same field or, if none, in a nearby field, less,\u003cbr\u003ewhen applicable, adjustments for transportation costs to reflect the differential\u003cbr\u003ebetween the value at the point of production and the value at the location reflected in\u003cbr\u003ethe posted price.57-51-02.4. Shallow gas - Gross production tax exemption. Shallow gas producedduring the first twenty-four months of production from and after the date of first sales of gas from\u003cbr\u003ea well completed or recompleted in a shallow gas zone after June 30, 2003, is exempted from\u003cbr\u003ethe gross production tax levied under section 57-51-02.2. Gas produced from such a well duringPage No. 2testing prior to well completion or connection to a pipeline is also exempt from the gross\u003cbr\u003eproduction tax.57-51-02.5. Exemption of gas for electrical generation at well site. Gas burned atthe well site to power an electrical generator that consumes at least seventy-five percent of the\u003cbr\u003egas from the well is exempt from the tax under section 57-51-02.2.57-51-03. Gross production tax to be in lieu of other taxes. The payment of thetaxes herein imposed must be in full, and in lieu of all ad valorem taxes by the state, counties,\u003cbr\u003ecities, towns, townships, school districts, and other municipalities, upon any property rights\u003cbr\u003eattached to or inherent in the right to producing oil or gas, upon producing oil or gas leases, upon\u003cbr\u003emachinery, appliances, and equipment used in and around any well producing oil or gas and\u003cbr\u003eactually used in the operation of such well, and also upon oil and gas produced in the state upon\u003cbr\u003ewhich gross production taxes have been paid, and upon any investment in any such property.\u003cbr\u003eAny interest in the land, other than that herein enumerated, must be assessed and taxed as other\u003cbr\u003eproperty within the taxing district in which such property is situated. It is expressly provided that\u003cbr\u003ethe gross production tax is not in lieu of income taxes nor excise taxes upon the sale of oil and\u003cbr\u003egas products at retail.57-51-04.Equipment used in production exempt from ad valorem tax.Noequipment, material, or property is exempt from the payment of ad valorem tax by reason of the\u003cbr\u003epayment of the gross production tax as herein provided except such equipment, machinery,\u003cbr\u003etools, material, or property as is actually necessary and being used at the site of a producing well\u003cbr\u003ein the production of oil or gas; and it is expressly declared that no ice plants, hospitals, office\u003cbr\u003ebuildings, garages, residences, gasoline extraction or absorption plants, water systems, fuel\u003cbr\u003esystems, roominghouses, and other buildings, nor any equipment or material used in connection\u003cbr\u003etherewith is exempt from ad valorem tax, nor are drilling rigs exempt. The real property is not\u003cbr\u003eexempt under this chapter except to the extent of the mineral interests therein.57-51-05. Payment of tax on monthly basis - When tax due - When delinquent -Payment by purchaser - By producer - How casinghead gas taxed.1.The gross production tax on oil or gas, as herein provided, must be paid on a\u003cbr\u003emonthly basis. The tax on oil is due and payable on the twenty-fifth day of the\u003cbr\u003emonth succeeding the month of production. The tax on gas is due and payable on\u003cbr\u003ethe fifteenth day of the second month succeeding the month of production. If the tax\u003cbr\u003eis not paid as required by this section, it becomes delinquent and must be collected\u003cbr\u003eas provided in this chapter. The penalty does not apply if ninety percent of the tax\u003cbr\u003edue has been paid with the monthly return and the taxpayer files an amended\u003cbr\u003emonthly return and pays the total tax due within sixty days from the original due\u003cbr\u003edate.The commissioner, upon request and a proper showing of the necessitytherefor, may grant an extension of time, not to exceed fifteen days, for paying the\u003cbr\u003etax and when the request is granted the tax is not delinquent until the extended\u003cbr\u003eperiod has expired. Any taxpayer who requests and is granted an extension of time\u003cbr\u003efor filing a return shall pay, with the tax, interest at the rate of twelve percent per\u003cbr\u003eannum from the date the tax was due to the date the tax is paid.2.On oil or gas produced and sold, the gross production tax thereon must be paid by\u003cbr\u003ethe purchaser, and the purchaser is authorized to deduct in making settlement with\u003cbr\u003ethe producer or royalty owner, the amount of tax paid; provided, that in the event oil\u003cbr\u003eproduced is not sold but is retained by the producer, the tax on the oil not sold must\u003cbr\u003ebe paid by the producer, including the tax due on royalty oil not sold; provided\u003cbr\u003efurther, that in settlement with the royalty owner the producer has the right to deduct\u003cbr\u003ethe amount of the tax paid on royalty oil or to deduct therefrom royalty oil equivalent\u003cbr\u003ein value at the time the tax becomes due with the amount of the tax paid.3.Gas when produced and utilized in any manner, except when used for fuel or\u003cbr\u003eotherwise used in the operation of any lease or premises in the drilling for or\u003cbr\u003eproduction of oil or gas therefrom, or for repressuring thereon, must be consideredPage No. 3for the purpose of this chapter, as to the amount utilized, as gas actually produced\u003cbr\u003eand saved.4.All calculations of the gross production tax on oil or gas, including production,\u003cbr\u003edistribution, and claims for credit or refund, are based on the month of production\u003cbr\u003eand must be credited to that month.57-51-05.1. Reclamation of oil - Refiner to pay tax - Reports required. On all oilreclaimed from tank bottoms, pit oil, and saltwater, the gross production tax shall be paid by the\u003cbr\u003eoperator of the reclaiming plant, unless taxes have already been paid thereon. If tank bottom or\u003cbr\u003epit oil material is removed from the lease by the operator of a treatment plant, the gross value of\u003cbr\u003eoil reclaimed from the material is the purchase price paid by the operator of the treatment plant\u003cbr\u003efor the material from which the oil is reclaimed. If the operator has not paid a cash price for the\u003cbr\u003ematerial, the oil reclaimed has no value at the well. Every person, firm, association, corporation,\u003cbr\u003eor limited liability company engaged in the sale, purchasing, and refining of tank bottoms, pit oil,\u003cbr\u003eand saltwater shall report to the commissioner, upon forms prescribed by the commissioner,\u003cbr\u003einformation necessary to the enforcement of this section.57-51-06.Tax paid to commissioner - Statements by person paying tax -Statements by producer.1.The tax herein provided for must be paid to the commissioner and the person paying\u003cbr\u003ethe tax shall file with the commissioner at the time the tax is required to be paid a\u003cbr\u003estatement on forms prescribed by the commissioner.The commissioner mayrequire a purchaser to file the statement or report by electronic data interchange or\u003cbr\u003eother electronic media.2.Any person engaged in the production, within this state, of oil shall on or before the\u003cbr\u003etwenty-fifth day of the next succeeding month after production, and any person\u003cbr\u003eengaged in the production of gas within this state shall, on or before the fifteenth of\u003cbr\u003ethe second succeeding month after production, file with the commissioner a\u003cbr\u003estatement upon forms prescribed by the commissioner.The commissioner maywaive the requirement that a producer file a well production report. A waiver by the\u003cbr\u003ecommissioner of the requirement to file a well production report does not release the\u003cbr\u003eproducer from any obligation to remit the tax under this chapter. A waiver does not\u003cbr\u003erelease the producer from any duty or obligation under section 57-51-07 to maintain\u003cbr\u003eproduction records for inspection by the commissioner.3.Reports from either the purchaser or producer, as the case may be, are delinquent\u003cbr\u003eafter the last day fixed for their filing, and every person required to file a report is\u003cbr\u003esubject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars per day for each property upon which the\u003cbr\u003eperson fails or refuses to file the reports. The penalties herein prescribed are for\u003cbr\u003efailure to file reports and are in addition to the penalty imposed by section 57-51-10\u003cbr\u003eand likewise constitute a lien against the assets of the person failing or refusing to\u003cbr\u003efile the reports. The penalties prescribed under this section must be collected in the\u003cbr\u003esame manner as gross production taxes and must be apportioned as other gross\u003cbr\u003eproduction tax penalties; provided, that the commissioner may, for good cause\u003cbr\u003eshown, waive any penalties imposed under this section. When royalty is claimed to\u003cbr\u003ebe exempt from taxation by law, the facts on which the claims of exemption are\u003cbr\u003ebased and other relevant information must be furnished when requested by the\u003cbr\u003ecommissioner.4.The tax commissioner may prescribe alternative methods for signing, subscribing, or\u003cbr\u003everifying a return filed by electronic means, including telecommunications, that shall\u003cbr\u003ehave the same validity and consequence as the actual signature and written\u003cbr\u003edeclaration for a paper return.57-51-07.Powers of commissioner.The commissioner has power to require anyperson engaged in such production and the agent or employee of such person, or purchaser ofPage No. 4such oil or gas, or the owner of any royalty interest therein to furnish any additional information\u003cbr\u003ethe commissioner deems to be necessary for the purpose of correctly computing the amount of\u003cbr\u003esaid tax, and to examine the books, records, and files of such person, and has power to conduct\u003cbr\u003ehearings and compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, records, and papers\u003cbr\u003eof any person, and full authority to make any investigation or hold any inquest deemed necessary\u003cbr\u003eto a full and complete disclosure of the true facts as to the amount of production from any oil or\u003cbr\u003egas location, or of any company or other producer thereof, and as to the rendition thereof for\u003cbr\u003etaxing purposes.57-51-08. 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