15-37-103. Rate of tax. (1) The license tax to be paid by a person engaged in or carrying on the business of working or operating any mine or mining property in this state from which gold, silver, copper, lead, or any other metal or metals or precious or semiprecious gems or stones are produced is an amount computed on the gross value of product derived by the person from mining business, work, or operation within this state during the preceding reporting period.
(2) Concentrate shipped to a smelter, mill, or reduction work is taxed at the following rates:
(3) Gold, silver, or any platinum-group metal that is dore, bullion, matte, or another form of processed concentrate that is processed in a treatment facility owned or operated by the taxpayer and that is sold or shipped to a refinery for final processing is taxed at the following rates:
(4) The amount of gross value of product that is nontaxable under subsection (2) or (3) may not exceed $250,000 in a calendar year.
History: En. Sec. 4, Initiative No. 28, 1925; re-en. Sec. 2344.4, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 220, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 176, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, Ex. L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 392, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 126, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 156, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 84-2004; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 619, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 672, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 19, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 342, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 37. Mining License Taxes
15-37-101. License tax on metal mines
15-37-102. Gross value of metal mine yield -- definitions
15-37-104. Mine operator's statement of gross value -- reports and sampling
15-37-105. Computation and payment of tax
15-37-106. Procedure in case of failure to file statements
15-37-107. Warrant for distraint
15-37-108. Delinquent taxes -- penalty and interest
15-37-109. False or erroneous statements -- investigation penalty and interest
15-37-110. Review of determination of gross value of product or amount of tax
15-37-111. License tax supplemental
15-37-112. Returns of dissolved corporations
15-37-114. Deficiency assessment -- review -- penalty and interest
15-37-115. Credit for overpayment -- interest on overpayment
15-37-116. Statute of limitations
15-37-117. Disposition of metalliferous mines license taxes