Mining royalties to increase
Currently, Quebec charges mining royalties based on 16% of net profits, as of January 2012. Net profits are generally calculated as profits generated from the wellhead less a processing allowance.
Under its proposed changes, the Quebec PQ government intends to create a hybrid mining royalty regime based on both production values and profits. Under the proposed hybrid structure, a minimum 5% royalty would be charged on production values, and a 30% tax would be charged on profits in excess of a "normal" threshold of 8%. Details of how this 8% threshold will be calculated are not yet known.
The Quebec PQ government has not specified when this hybrid regime will take effect.
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