- 20 Marks
AT – Nov 2023 – L1 – SB – Q2 – Petroleum Profits Tax
Calculation of hydrocarbon and companies income tax for Brass Petroleum Producing Company Ltd under Petroleum Industry Act and Companies Income Tax Act.
Question
Brass Petroleum Producing Company Limited has been operating as an oil prospecting company in Nigeria for fifteen years. The company operates in both onshore and shallow water in the Koko area of the Niger Delta region.
Following the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, the company applied for, and was granted a petroleum prospecting license (PPL) on January 1, 2021.
Extracts from the company’s financial records for the year ended December 31, 2021, revealed the following:
Description | N’million |
---|---|
Revenue: | |
Value of crude oil sold | 184,450 |
Value of condensate from associated gas sold | 47,175 |
Value of natural gas liquid from associated gas sold | 41,650 |
Gross revenue | 273,275 |
Balancing charge | 32 |
Total Gross Revenue | 273,307 |
Deduct: | |
Production cost | 106,470 |
Cost of gas reinjection wells | 600 |
Drilling cost incurred | 4,360 |
Depreciation of plant, machinery, and fixtures | 1,500 |
Decommissioning and abandonment | 1,900 |
Repairs and maintenance | 5,750 |
Royalty cost paid | 40,990 |
Niger Delta Development Commission charge | 250 |
Finance costs | 510 |
Terminaling cost | 1,380 |
Donations to recognised charity home | 130 |
Concession rentals | 20,470 |
Host community fund | 1,000 |
Local government municipal levy | 100 |
Environmental remediation fund | 1,420 |
Cost incurred in seeking information for oil deposits | 370 |
Total Deductible Expenses | 187,200 |
Net Profit | 86,107 |
Additional Information:
- Value of crude oil sold:
- Type: Forcados
- Quantity (barrels): 6,200,000
- Actual Price ($): 70
- Fiscal Price ($): 72
- Value of condensate from associated gas sold:
- Type: OSO condensate
- Quantity (barrels): 3,700,000
- Actual Price ($): 30
- Fiscal Price ($): 30
- Value of gas liquid from associated gas sold:
- Type: Pennington
- Quantity (barrels): 2,800,000
- Actual Price ($): 35
- Fiscal Price ($): 34
- Drilling cost incurred:
- Tangible drilling cost for first exploration well: N2,800 million
- Drilling the first two appraisal wells: N1,560 million
- Total: N4,360 million
- Repairs and maintenance:
- Repairs of plant, machinery, and fixtures: N2,750 million
- Repairs or alteration of production implement utensils: N3,000 million
- Total: N5,750 million
- Losses brought forward from last year: N655 million
- Capital allowances computed:
- Brought forward: N320 million
- For the current year: N1,400 million
- Total: N1,720 million
- Production allowances after commencement of the Petroleum Industry Act: N3,300 million
- Exchange Rate: Assume N425 is equivalent to US$1.
Required:
As the company’s Tax Manager, you are to prepare a report to the Managing Director, showing in line with the provisions of Petroleum Industry Act 2021 and Companies Income Tax Act 2004 (as amended), the:
a. Hydrocarbon tax (14 Marks)
b. Companies income tax payable (6 Marks)
(Total: 20 Marks)
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