Fillable Form 10-157 - Purchaser Report Of Natural Gas Tax (Page 4 of 4) in pdf

Form 10-161 (Back)(Rev.6-12/5)

Texas Report of Natural Gas Tax Purchaser Lease Detail Supplement

For assistance call 1-800-252-1384 or 512-463-4600. Information is also available online at

Specific Instructions

Volumes: Report all gas volumes in "MCF" (1000 cubic feet at a pressure base of 14.4 pounds plus 4 ounces or 14.65 pounds absolute). For

information on converting MCF to MMBTU or converting MMBTU to MCF, see the Natural Gas Tax Guide on the Comptroller's website. Do not

report any volume amounts with decimals. Round the volume amount to the next whole number.

Items 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8.

Enter the lease identification number assigned by the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) in Item 7. For a gas lease, enter the 6-digit

lease number. For an oil lease, add a leading zero (0) to the 5-digit lease number and enter as a 6-digit number. If the RRC has not

assigned a lease number, then enter the 6-digit drilling permit number in Item 7.

Items 7 and 8: Do not leave blank.

If reporting a plant, then enter R3 and the last four digits of the plant identification number assigned by the RRC in Item 7.

Item 3. Commodity: Enter the 2-digit alpha code for the type of commodity reported on the lease identified in Item 7.

Raw Gas (RG) - Sale or purchase of raw gas, unprocessed gas from an oil well or gas well gas.

Lease Use (LU) - All gas produced and used to run equipment on the lease regardless of whether it is for oil well, gas well gas or

residue gas. The lease use item will also include miscellaneous sales of gas to persons not normally engaged in purchasing gas for

resale.

Condensate (CN) - The taxable disposition and production of all condensate from a gas well, actual or theoretical. Condensate is the

liquid hydrocarbon (a high gravity oil) that is or can be, removed from gas by a separator. It does not include absorption and separation

by a fractionating process. Condensate volume should be rounded to the nearest barrel.

Residue (RS) - Residue gas sold or purchased only when there is a distinct sale or purchase of residue gas. Example: If a processing

plant takes title to both the products and residue commodities, do not report the products and residue commodities as separate items.

Use the raw gas designation and enter the plant operator as the purchaser.

Products (PR) - Report only when the purchasers of products and residue commodities are different parties. The volume associated

with the product commodity will be the raw gas volume delivered to the gas processing plant (plant inlet volume).

Item 4. Commodity Code: Enter the numeric code for the type of commodity reported on the lease identified in Item 1 and Item 7. The numeric

codes are: 1 - Raw Gas, 4 - Condensate, 5 - Residue, 6 - Products.

Item 6. County Code: Enter the 3-digit county code for the county of production indicated in Item 2. A list of county codes is available on the

Comptroller's website at or in the Natural Gas Tax Guide.

Check Digit: If not known, the check digit is available at https://ecpa.cpa.state.tx.us/cong/checkDigitForward.do.

Item 9. Exemption Type: Enter the Comptroller approved numeric code for the legislative exemption type, if applicable.

03 -

Two-year inactive well, effective Sept. 1, 1997

09 -

Incremental production casinghead gas lease, effective

04 -

Flared/released casinghead gas well, effective Sept. 1, 1997

Sept. 1, 1997

05 -

High cost gas lease with reduced tax rate, effective

11 -

Qualifying low-producing gas well, effective Sept. 1, 2005

Sept. 1, 1996

12 -

Reactivated orphaned well, effective Jan. 1, 2006

07 -

Three-year inactive well, effective Sept. 1, 1991

15 -

Geothermal energy, effective Sept. 1, 2009

Item 10. API Number: Enter the last 8 digits of the America Petroleum Institute (API) number assigned by the RRC to each well that qualifies for a

well-level exemption. The API number is only required for the two-year inactive well exemption (Type 3), three-year inactive well

exemption (Type 7) and reactivated orphaned well exemption (Type 12).

Item 13. Tax Reimbursement: Mark the block indicating whether tax reimbursement is included in calculating the value in Item 15. For information

on tax reimbursement, see Tax Rule 3.18, at

Item 14. Your Volume: Enter the total volume of gas or condensate purchased. Do not use decimals.

Item 15. Value of Your Volume: Enter the entire value associated with the volume indicated in Item 14. This is usually referred to as the "contract

price." Do not include tax reimbursement, if applicable. Round all volumes up to the nearest whole number.

Item 16. Are You Liable for Tax? Enter "YES" or "NO" for all lease types, even if you do not owe tax. Do not leave blank. Tax liability must be

reported as "YES" by at least one party as stated in the contract between the operator and the purchaser, even if the lease qualifies for

100% exemption and taxes are not due because of the legislative exemption status.

Item 17. Governmental Royalty Volume: Enter the volume of gas not subject to tax due to governmental exempt status, such as a city, town or

county government in Texas, a school district in Texas, public (state owned) colleges and universities in Texas or political subdivisions of

the Federal government. See Rule 3.14.

Item 18. Governmental Royalty Value: Enter the value of the volume for the gas reported in Item 17. Do not enter volumes associated with lease

types approved for a legislative tax exemption.

Item 19. Marketing Cost: Enter actual marketing cost incurred. The "market value at the mouth of the well" shall be determined by ascertaining the

actual marketing costs incurred by the producer and subtracting these costs from the producer's gross cash receipts from the sale of the

gas. For detailed information on allowable marketing costs, visit

Item 20. Net Taxable Value: Enter the calculation of Item 15, less Items 18 and 19. If Items 18 and 19 exceed Item 20, enter the net taxable value

as zero in Item 20. If reporting the following exemption types, then enter net taxable values indicated below:

Exempt Type

Enter the net taxable value as:

03, 04, 07, 12 or 15

zero

the sum of Item 15, less Items 18 and 19 and proceed to Items 21 and 22

50% of the sum of Item 15, less Items 18 and 19

75% of the sum of Item 15, less Items 18 and 19 if the Comptroller certified price of gas ranges from $3.01 to $3.50/MCF

for 25% exemption

50% of the sum of Item 15, less Items 18 and 19 if the Comptroller certified price of gas ranges from $2.51 to $3.00/MCF

for 50% exemption

zero if the Comptroller certified price of gas is less than or equal to $2.50/MCF

for 100% exemption

Item 21. Reduced Tax Rate for Type 05: Enter the 3-digit reduced tax rate for the approved exemption Type 5 lease indicated in Item 7.

Item 22. Tax Due on Type 05: Enter the tax due amount for the approved exemption Type 5 lease reported by multiplying Item 20 times the tax

rate indicated in Item 21.

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