Examples of severance tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web During that time, the amount of severance tax – 10 cents per barrel of oil and 2.5 cents per thousand cubic feet of natural gas – grew nearly every year. — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2022 Their other major battle has been fighting an increase in a coal severance tax. — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 4 Jan. 2022 For decades, private timber owners in Oregon paid a severance tax. — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2021 For decades, private timber owners in Oregon paid a severance tax. — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2021 With the state emerging from a significant recession, the position would test the knowledge Duncan had attained over the past decade and bring new challenges as well — such as implementing a severance tax on oil and gas production enacted in 1983. — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021 For decades, private timber owners in Oregon paid a severance tax. — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2021 Changing the severance tax from 25 cents a barrel to 12.5 percent of value made Louisiana the most cash-rich state in the nation at the time while New York City was going bankrupt, said Honeycutt, his official biographer. — NBC News, 12 July 2021 For decades, private timber owners in Oregon paid a severance tax. — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2021 See More

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