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S 696 108th Congress Senate Taxation Commerce Corporation taxes Depreciation and amortization Economics and Public Finance Energy Energy prices Gas industry Geology Geophysical prediction Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Minimum tax Oil well drilling Petroleum industry Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Rent Tax credits Tax deductions

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a tax credit for marginal domestic oil and natural gas well production and an election to expense geological and geophysical expenditures and delay rental payments.

Introduced: March 24, 2003 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 24, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 24, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4329)
Mar 24, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for marginal domestic oil and natural gas well production during any taxable year in the amount of $3 per barrel of qualified crude oil production and 50 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of qualified natural gas production, reduced, but not below zero, as oil and gas prices increase. States that the limitation to the general business credit, based on the amount of tax, shall not be reduced by the amount of the marginal oil and gas well credit.

Allows both geological and geophysical expenditures on domestic oil and gas exploration and development and delay rental payments, at the taxpayer's election, to be deducted from gross income at the time incurred.

What's happening now March 24, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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