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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 143 COAL TAX
143.020 Imposition of tax on severance or processing of coal.
Download pdflaw, a tax is hereby levied on every taxpayer engaged in severing and/or processing coal
within this Commonwealth at the rate of four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the gross
value of all coal severed and/or processed during the reporting period; except that the
minimum tax for a reporting period shall be an amount determined by applying a rate of
fifty cents ($0.50) per ton to the total number of tons severed during the reporting period.
The minimum tax shall not apply to a taxpayer who only processes coal. Effective: July 1, 1978
History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 2, July 1, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective March 29, 1976. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 62, Pt. II,
sec. 2.
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