Subdivision 1. Tax imposed. A person engaged in the business of mining shall pay to the state of Minnesota for distribution as provided in section 298.018 a net proceeds tax equal to two percent of the net proceeds from mining in Minnesota. The tax applies to all ores, metals, and minerals mined, extracted, produced, or refined within the state of Minnesota except for sand, silica sand, gravel, building stone, crushed rock, limestone, granite, dimension granite, dimension stone, horticultural peat, clay, soil, iron ore, and taconite concentrates. The tax is in addition to all other taxes provided for by law.
Subd. 2. Net proceeds. For purposes of this section, the term "net proceeds" means the gross proceeds from mining, as defined in section 298.016, less the deductions for purposes of determining taxable income under section 298.01, subdivision 3b, applied to the mining, production, processing, beneficiation, smelting, or refining of metal or mineral products. No other credits or deductions shall apply to this tax.
1987 c 268 art 9 s 26; 1990 c 604 art 10 s 15; 1991 c 291 art 11 s 16; 1Sp2011 c 7 art 7 s 6,7
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 296 - 299 — Excise And Sales Taxes
Section 298.001 — Definitions.
Section 298.01 — Mining Or Producing Ores.
Section 298.015 — Net Proceeds Tax On Mining.
Section 298.016 — Gross Proceeds.
Section 298.018 — Distribution Of Proceeds.
Section 298.16 — Taxes To Be Credited To General Fund.
Section 298.17 — Occupation Taxes To Be Apportioned.
Section 298.18 — Taxes To Go To General Fund If Section 298.17 Invalid.
Section 298.22 — Iron Range Resources And Rehabilitation.
Section 298.221 — Receipts From Contracts; Appropriation.
Section 298.2211 — Financing Activities.
Section 298.2212 — Investment Of Funds.
Section 298.2214 — Iron Range Higher Education.
Section 298.2215 — County Scholarship Program.
Section 298.223 — Taconite Area Environmental Protection Fund.
Section 298.224 — Investment Of Funds; Income.
Section 298.225 — Appropriation.
Section 298.227 — Taconite Economic Development Fund.
Section 298.24 — Tax On Taconite And Iron Sulphides.
Section 298.25 — Taxes Additional To Occupation Tax; In Lieu Of Other Taxes.
Section 298.26 — Tax On Unmined Taconite And Iron Sulphides.
Section 298.27 — Collection And Payment Of Tax.
Section 298.28 — Division And Distribution Of Proceeds.
Section 298.282 — Distribution Of Taconite Municipal Aid Account; Taconite Municipal Aid; Payment.
Section 298.283 — Change Of Status Of Municipality; Date For Determining Status.
Section 298.285 — State Aid Amount; Appropriation.
Section 298.293 — Expending Funds.
Section 298.294 — Investment Of Fund.
Section 298.296 — Operation Of Fund.
Section 298.2961 — Producer Grants.
Section 298.297 — Advisory Committees.
Section 298.31 — [Private, 1945 c 283 s 1]
Section 298.34 — Semitaconite, Taxation, Definitions.
Section 298.35 — Imposition Of Tax; Amount.
Section 298.36 — Nature Of Tax.
Section 298.37 — Assessment At Local Tax Rate.
Section 298.38 — Payment And Collection.
Section 298.39 — Distribution Of Proceeds.
Section 298.391 — Agglomerating Facilities Definitions.
Section 298.392 — Qualification Of Agglomerating Facilities; Procedure And Order.
Section 298.393 — Imposition Of Tax; Amount.
Section 298.394 — Nature Of Tax.
Section 298.395 — Payment And Collection.
Section 298.396 — Distribution Of Proceeds.
Section 298.405 — Iron Ore Bearing Material Other Than Taconite And Semitaconite; Taxation.
Section 298.46 — Exploratory Drilling For Iron Ore.
Section 298.47 — Notification Of Commissioner Of Revenue Of Unmined Iron Ore.
Section 298.48 — Mineral Rights; Exploration Data; Filing Requirements; Penalties.
Section 298.75 — Aggregate Material Removal; Production Tax.