North Dakota Code 57-39.2-04.14 – Sales and use tax exemption for materials used in compressing, gathering, collecting, storing, transporting, or injecting carbon dioxide for secure geologic storage or use in enhanced recovery of oil or natural gas
1. Gross receipts from sales of tangible personal property used to construct or expand a system used to compress, gather, collect, store, transport, or inject carbon dioxide for secure geologic storage or use in enhanced recovery of oil or natural gas in this state are exempt from taxes under this chapter. To be exempt, the tangible personal property must be incorporated into a system used to compress, gather, collect, store, transport, or inject carbon dioxide for secure geologic storage or use in enhanced recovery of oil or natural gas. Tangible personal property used to replace an existing system to compress, gather, collect, store, transport, or inject carbon dioxide for secure geologic storage or use in enhanced recovery of oil or natural gas does not qualify for exemption under this section unless the replacement creates an expansion of the system.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-39.2-04.14
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
2. To receive the exemption under this section at the time of purchase, the owner of the gas compressing, gathering, collecting, storing, transporting, or injecting system must receive from the tax commissioner a certificate that the tangible personal property used to construct or expand a system used to compress, gather, collect, store, transport, or inject carbon dioxide for secure geologic storage or use in enhanced recovery of oil or natural gas qualifies for the exemption. If a certificate is not received before the purchase, the owner shall pay the applicable tax imposed by this chapter and apply to the tax commissioner for a refund.
3. If the tangible personal property is purchased or installed by a contractor subject to the tax imposed by this chapter, the owner of the gas compressing, gathering, collecting, storing, transporting, or injecting system may apply to the tax commissioner for a refund of the difference between the amount remitted by the contractor and the exemption imposed or allowed by this section. Application for a refund must be made at the time and in the manner directed by the tax commissioner and must include sufficient information to permit the tax commissioner to verify the sales and use taxes paid and the exempt status of the sale or use.
4. This chapter and chapter 57-40.2 apply to the exemption under this section.