Not exact matches
So policy makers focus
on «core inflation,» which ignores changes in prices for fruit, vegetables, gasoline, fuel
oil, natural gas, mortgage interest, intercity transportation, tobacco products and indirect
taxes.
Tumbling
oil prices spell bad news, both for overall growth and the financial position of the government, which is reliant
on tax revenues from its energy industry to fund the budget.
In 2013,
oil and gas accounted for 68 % of Russia's total exports, while duties
on those exports, combined with
taxes on mining, accounted for 50 % of the federal government's revenue.
He was the rare apparatchik whose name wasn't only known but reviled by members of the public, thanks to his involvement in crafting the National Energy Program, imposing price caps and
taxes on oil.
The Panel excluded any discussion of the environmental impacts of
oil sands development, although they did allow the consideration of increased
oil prices generated by the pipeline
on the
taxes and royalties associated with forecast future
oil sands production.
* Depending
on the other project parameters and
oil prices (I've used the U.S. Energy Information Administration 2013 reference case as well as a $ 15.00 differential between WTI and diluted bitumen), the foregone royalties and
taxes can even be slightly larger than the foregone profits to the operator.
The Comey broadside came during a busy morning for Trump
on Twitter, which also saw him take shots at OPEC for causing «artificially» high
oil prices and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi over
taxes.
«The impact
on sales
tax from
oil prices being down is really what's putting the pressure
on the budget situation.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis takes a look at what's at stake for the energy industry if the U.S. imposes an import
tax on oil.
In addition to
tax changes (more
on that below), Trump's plan to grow the economy focuses largely
on generating more jobs in the fossil fuel economy (in coal and onshore and offshore drilling for
oil and gas) and as a result of new infrastructure projects.
Cuts to the highest per - capita spending in Canada will doubtless be part of the budget Premier Alison Redford unveils
on March 7, but a shortfall
on the revenue side, namely
oil and gas royalties, has prominent Albertans calling for a more stable source of funding: a provincial sales
tax.
Depending
on where you live, there's legislation pending that will levy more regulations and
taxes on fracking, which in a time of rapidly falling
oil prices could significantly hurt local energy companies that provide jobs and work for small businesses.
Impact
on oil and gas production: compared to a carbon
tax, Alberta's policy offers emitters less of an incentive to reduce production in order to cut GHGs, notes Leach: «assuming that the facility reduced production by 10 percent, and that emissions decreased proportionately (a simplifying assumption), the facility's emissions intensity would not change, so its carbon liability per barrel of
oil produced would also remain constant.»
Efforts to curtail the
tax breaks are likely to face fierce opposition in Congress; the
oil and natural gas industry has spent $ 340 million
on lobbyists since 2008, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which monitors political spending.
A version of this article appears in print
on July 4, 2010,
on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: As
Oil Industry Fights a
Tax, It Reaps Subsidies.
Posted by Jeff Rubin
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The carbon footprint of a given barrel of
oil over any other was not really
on the political map when Chrétien was changing the
tax code to finance a mine and Klein was rewriting the royalty regime to make it easier to expand the industry.
Oil giant ExxonMobil has been hit with a
tax claim by the Australian Tax Office in relation to interest rates on intra-company loa
tax claim by the Australian
Tax Office in relation to interest rates on intra-company loa
Tax Office in relation to interest rates
on intra-company loans.
Instead of focussing his
tax cuts
on growth industries, his across - the - board cuts see most of the billions go to the
oil, banking and insurance industries — the ones least in need of
tax reduction.
From these flags of convenience locations, which have no
tax on profits, the
oil was then sold to Western refineries at prices marked up to eliminate profits.
Severance
taxes are imposed
on wells that remove nonrenewable resources, such as crude
oil.
Conversely, should
oil prices continue to climb and a gas
tax is added
on top, many won't be so happy with the immediate impact.
In the case of an
oil spill cleanup, the costs are likely to be directly incurred by an insurance company, but the premiums paid for that insurance come at the expense of the value of the
oil transportation service — the higher the expected clean - up costs from
oil spills, the higher insurance premiums will be, and this will mean higher pipeline tolls, which in turn implies lower profits,
taxes, and royalties
on the products shipped.
Management said
on the earnings call and in the release that its focus in 2018 — and over the long term — is cash flows, not
oil and gas volumes, and intends to use 2018 and 2019 to «target substantial growth in cash flow along with a reduction in net debt: EBITDAX [earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation, amortization, and exploration] to approximately 2.5 times.»
DiLallo sums it up nicely: «Saudi Arabia has the lowest
oil production costs in the world thanks to two strategic advantages: Abundant pools of
oil close to the surface and no
taxes on production.
Like other exporters, Canadian
oil and gas producers have worried about protectionist rhetoric employed by Mr. Trump, and a border adjustment proposal in Congress that could effectively place an import
tax on goods entering the U.S. market.
The recent short - lived
oil dividend has morphed into a significant
oil tax, right
on time for the important September - December period.
He has also worked as an equity analyst covering basic materials and industrial stocks, as a venture capitalist in Prague, and as a
tax consultant advising
on numerous M&A, real estate, and
oil and gas transactions.
Oil giant ExxonMobil says it stands by the interest rates charged
on intra-company loans to its Australian subsidiary, despite those loans being central to the Australian
Tax Office's claim that Exxon has not paid enough tax over the past deca
Tax Office's claim that Exxon has not paid enough
tax over the past deca
tax over the past decade.
The ATO had been expected to focus
on interest deductions claimed by the Australian subsidiaries of Exxon and rival
oil giant Shell, both of which are shareholders in Gorgon, after the operator of the giant gas project, Chevron, lost a $ 340 million
tax fight in the Federal Court last year.
The ATO's attack
on Exxon comes as unions continue a public campaign seeking to highlight the perceived lack of
tax paid by the
oil company.
While axing a
tax on the fuel Albertans produce is popular, much of the energy sector appears reasonably happy a provincial government is doing things to erase Alberta's old image as an environmental laggard; last month,
oil sands heavyweights Suncor and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. talked up Alberta's new environmental efforts to European investors, and their executives joined Notley
on stage when the climate change plan and carbon
tax were first announced.
The Canadian
oil producer controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka - Shing would support a
tax if it's applied broadly and at least includes the rest of North America, Ghosh said Friday
on a conference call to discuss third - quarter earnings results.
Kuwait's plan to impose corporate
taxes and cut fuel subsidies to reduce the OPEC member's reliance
on oil faces a familiar obstacle: a parliament that has resisted previous attempts to Continue Reading
Ending the
tax breaks to energy companies so as to finance the switch to clean energy is nice but
oil explorers will lobby or else move to exploring in nations that require the advanced technology that U.S. energy companies thrive
on and they will entice them with all types of incentives.
A 15 percent year -
on - year increase in
oil prices in FY19 is likely to raise state
oil tax revenues by 0.13 percent of GDP, HSBC estimates.
They managed to deliver
tax breaks for the rich and
oil companies, that's indisputable, but not
on any of the «moral» issues they've used since the early 70s to get votes from religious people.
Whereas now, I have to mow the lawn, and paint the bedroom, and get the
oil in the car fixed and pay my
taxes, and wash the dishes and so
on.
But they are willing to stand up for Big
Oil on $ 25 billion in
tax loopholes.
I guess I feel the same way about a liberal agenda that say that to get out of debt we have to spend more, or that my
tax dollars have to pay for something I think is morally wrong (Obamacare sets up a fund to pay for late term abortions) or a government that confiscates kids lunches, or tells me how much soda I can drink, or uses my
tax money to choose winners and losers (mostly losers but Obma doners) in energy production that produces no energy yet we are sitting
on more coal and
oil than any other nation
on the planet.
They are the ones who use racist, nasty comments about the poor
on welfare and call them «takers» when in fact the Federal government spends 10 times more
on corporate
tax loopholes and «corporate welfare» in subsidies to
oil companies, the sugar and corn industries and many others.
«Hovensa, a large
oil refinery located
on St Croix, closed in June, which has impacted jobs and
tax revenue.
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Anyhow I purchase my coconut
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on top of great pricing (and no
tax).
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The only money paid to the Chicago Park District by the eight private yacht clubs that use prime park district land
on the city «s lakefront are
taxes on the gasoline and
oil they sell to boaters — a total of about $ 24,000 a year.
The Chavez approach — to raise
taxes on oil companies and use a spike in energy prices to fund literacy and health programmes for the poor — prompted a hostile reaction from the Bush administration.
«The loss of significant offshore
oil and gas
tax revenues as the North Sea runs down will have a big impact
on our economy, jobs and balance of payments, with significant increases in household energy bills — and a very adverse impact
on the legacy for future generations in an independent Scotland,» he told EnergyVoice.com.
However, Ghana is a member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which requires countries with a heavy dependence
on oil, gas, and mining industries to accurately report
taxes, royalties, and fees paid by extractive companies.