Section 11.86.766. Segregation.

	(a)  The holder may segregate gross income, deductions, and expenses using any one of the three methodologies described in (b) - (d) of this section.  
	(b)  Separate or Traced Accounting of Minerals, Income, Deductions, and Expenses. If the holder traces every item of income, deductions, and expenses to either minerals produced from state land or minerals produced from non-state land, then only income, deductions, and expenses traced to minerals produced from state land shall be used in calculating the production royalty. If the holder mines the same mineral from both state and non-state land, income will be treated as traced income only if the holder:  
		(1) maintains separate operations and separate books, maintained in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles, for mining on state land and on non-state land; or  
		(2) contemporaneous with mining, records the amount of raw mineral mined from state land, the amount of raw mineral mined from non-state land, and the corresponding grades of such raw material, and, contemporaneous with sale, records the corresponding income from the minerals mined.  
	(c)  Actual Income with Proportionate Deductions and Expenses. If the holder has jointly developed state land and non-state land as a single mining operation and, contemporaneous with mining, records the amount of raw mineral mined from state land, the amount of raw mineral mined from non-state land, and the corresponding grades of such raw material and, contemporaneous with sale, records the corresponding income from the mineral mined, then the holder may segregate income from state land and non-state land on that basis. For purposes of calculating production royalties under this subsection, deductions and expenses shall be proportionate to income. Deductions for state land shall equal gross income from state land multiplied by total deductions for both state and non-state land, then divided by gross income from both state and non-state land. Expenses for state land shall equal gross income from state land multiplied by total expenses for both state and non-state land, then divided by gross income from both state and non-state land.  
	(d)  Apportionment of Gross Income, Deductions, and Expenses Based on Volume or Tonnage. If the holder has jointly developed state land and non-state land as a single mining operation, gross income, deductions, and expenses may be apportioned on the basis of the gross income per cubic yard or ton of ground mined that calendar year. Gross income from state land shall equal the number of cubic yards or tons of state ground mined multiplied by the gross income from both the state and non-state land, then divided by the number of cubic yards or tons of both state and non-state ground mined. Deductions for state land shall equal the number of cubic yards or tons of state ground mined multiplied by the deductions for both the state and non-state land, then divided by the number of cubic yards or tons of both state and non-state ground mined. Expenses for state land shall equal the number of cubic yards or tons of state ground mined multiplied by the expenses for both the state and non-state land, then divided by the number of cubic yards or tons of both state and non-state ground mined.  
	(e)  Repealed 8/26/98.  
	(f)  A holder of separate mining operations may select any one of the methodologies set out in (b) - (d) of this section for each mining operation.  
	(g)  A holder who elects to segregate income using one of the methodologies described in this section may not change methodologies after May 1, 1992 without the written consent of the director. Consent may not be given without an extraordinary change in circumstances that makes the methodology initially selected wholly inappropriate or impossible to use. An application for consent to change methodologies must be filed before the last day of the calendar year for which the change is sought. The director shall grant, modify, or deny the application within 90 days after filing.  

Authorities

38.05.212

Notes

Reference

11 AAC 86.760

Authority

AS 38.05.212

History

Eff. 7/26/91, Register 119; am 8/26/98, Register 147; am 1/19/2002, Register 161