Interest in Proven Oil or Gas Property [Internal Revenue] Law and Legal Definition
Pursuant to 26 CFR 1.613A-7 (p) [Title 26 Internal Revenue; Chapter I Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; Subchapter A Income Tax; Part 1 Income Taxes; Normal Taxes and Surtaxes; Natural Resources; Deductions], the term interest in an oil or gas property means “an economic interest in oil or gas property. An economic interest includes working or operating interests, royalties, overriding royalties, net profits interests, and, to the extent not treated as loans under section 636 [26 USCS § 636], production payments from oil or gas properties. The term also includes an interest in a partnership, S corporation, small business corporation, or trust holding an economic interest in oil or gas property but does not include shares of stock in a corporation (other than an S corporation and small business corporation) owning such an interest. An oil or gas property is "proven" if its principal value has been demonstrated by prospecting, exploration, or discovery work. The principal value of the property has been demonstrated by prospecting, exploration, or discovery work only if at the time of the transfer--
(1) Any oil or gas has been produced from a deposit, whether or not produced by the taxpayer or from the property transferred;
(2) Prospecting, exploration, or discovery work indicate that it is probable that the property will have gross income from oil or gas from the deposit sufficient to justify development of the property; and
(3) The fair market value of the property is 50 percent or more of the fair market value of the property, minus actual expenses of the transferee for equipment and intangible drilling and development costs, at the time of the first production from the property subsequent to the transfer and before the transferee transfers his or her interest.
For purposes of this paragraph, the property is to be determined by applying section 614 [26 USCS § 614] and the regulations thereunder to the transferee at the time of the transfer. If the transfer is of an interest in a partnership, S corporation, small business corporation, or trust, the determination shall be made with respect to each property owned by the partnership, S corporation, small business corporation, or trust. The term prospecting, exploration, or discovery work includes activities which produce information relating to the existence, location, extent, or quality of any deposit of oil or gas, such as seismograph surveys and drilling activities (whether for exploration or for the production of oil or gas).”
Legal Definition list
- Interest in Proven Oil or Gas Property [Internal Revenue]
- Interest in Possession Trust
- Interest in Land
- Interest in a Closely Held Business [Internal Revenue]
- Interest Factor [Insurance Law]
- Interest of Justice
- Interest of the Debtor in Property
- Interest on Lawyer Account (IOLA Account)
- Interest Rate Floor
- Interest Rate Risk
- Interest Rate Swap
