severance tax
noun
: a tax levied by a state on the extractor of oil, gas, or minerals intended for consumption in other states compare royalty sense 5a
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Legislation adopted this year will divert excess income from petroleum to the state’s severance tax permanent fund, to generate investment income and underwrite construction projects.
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Morgan Lee, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
Pennsylvania notably does not have a severance tax [severance tax: a state tax imposed on the extraction of non-renewable natural resources that are intended for consumption in other states—Ed.].
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2021
Over the past decade, the coal severance tax revenue collected by Martin County based on how much coal is pulled out of the ground has fallen more than 90 percent to $80,000 in the last fiscal year, according to Colby Kirk, the county’s deputy executive judge.
—New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022
Why doesn’t California levy a severance tax?
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
So that would mean taxes like, uh, the commercial activity tax cigarettes and tobacco insurance policy taxes, the fracking severance tax.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
The growth in state severance tax collections is not surprising, given that the tax is assessed on the sales value of the production, not as a percentage of volume as is the case in some other states.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
For September through June, oil and gas severance tax collections increased over the same period in fiscal 2021 by 89.7% and 192.6%, respectively.
—Dallas News, 1 July 2022
One potential revenue solution for counties, proposed in a 2021 bill, is to reinstitute the state severance tax on harvest values that was collected for decades before the timber industry convinced the Legislature to abandon it three decades ago.
—oregonlive, 8 Oct. 2022
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Morgan Lee, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
Pennsylvania notably does not have a severance tax [severance tax: a state tax imposed on the extraction of non-renewable natural resources that are intended for consumption in other states—Ed.].
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2021
Over the past decade, the coal severance tax revenue collected by Martin County based on how much coal is pulled out of the ground has fallen more than 90 percent to $80,000 in the last fiscal year, according to Colby Kirk, the county’s deputy executive judge.
—New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022
Why doesn’t California levy a severance tax?
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
So that would mean taxes like, uh, the commercial activity tax cigarettes and tobacco insurance policy taxes, the fracking severance tax.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
The growth in state severance tax collections is not surprising, given that the tax is assessed on the sales value of the production, not as a percentage of volume as is the case in some other states.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
For September through June, oil and gas severance tax collections increased over the same period in fiscal 2021 by 89.7% and 192.6%, respectively.
—Dallas News, 1 July 2022
One potential revenue solution for counties, proposed in a 2021 bill, is to reinstitute the state severance tax on harvest values that was collected for decades before the timber industry convinced the Legislature to abandon it three decades ago.
—oregonlive, 8 Oct. 2022
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First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined above
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“Severance tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/severance%20tax. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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