Severance Tax

A severance tax is imposed on the privilege of engaging within this state in severing, extracting, reducing to possession or producing coal, limestone, sandstone, timber, coalbed methane, waste coal, oil, gas and other natural resources for sale, profit, or commercial use.

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FAQ Special Tax on Coal

Guidance Publications

SEV-WAIVER Request for Waiver of Penalty

Severance Tax

These forms to be filed for oil, gas, coalbed methane, and other natural resources.

• SEV-400 Severance Tax Estimate
• Instructions

• SEV-401 Severance Tax Annual Return
• Instructions
• Prior year forms

• Import Spreadsheet for Periods In or After 2025
• Spreadsheet API Breakout
• Spreadsheet Lease Operating Expenses
• Spreadsheet Settlement Statements

Coal Severance Tax

• CSR-1 Coal Mining Assessment and Special 2 Cent Per Ton Tax Effective 07/01/2017
• Prior year forms

• SEV-400C Coal Severance Tax Estimate Effective 07/01/2021 Through 06/30/2022
• Instructions
• Prior year forms

• SEV-401C Annual Coal Severance Tax Return
• Instructions
• Prior year forms

Import Spreadsheet SEV-401C Mine Permit Important Note: Please do not add formulas or insert additional columns into this spreadsheet.

North Central Appalachian Coal Severance Tax Rebate

• All forms regarding the North Central Appalachian Coal Severance Tax Rebate are only available through MyTaxes.
• Instructions

• Coal Mine Severance Rebate (Spreadsheets):
• Spreadsheet Establish Net Available Rebate
• Spreadsheet Claim Coal Rebate

Waste Coal Severance Tax

• SEV-400W Waste Coal Severance Tax Estimate

• SEV-401W Annual Return Effective 07/01/2017
• Instructions
• Prior year forms

Schedules

• SEV-401 Schedule A Instructions for Gas Computation Effective 12/01/2019
• Prior year forms

• SEV-401 Schedule B Instructions for Oil Computation Effective 12/01/2019
• Prior year forms

• SEV-LS1 Low-Seam Underground Coal Severance Tax Schedule

• Instructions Schedule C for Coal Bed Methane and other Commodity Computation Effective 12/01/2019
• Prior year forms

• Schedule-CL Credit for Coal Loading Facilities Effective 07/01/2017
• Prior year forms

• MITC-1 Credit for Manufacturing Investment (for periods after January 1, 2015)
• Instructions
• Prior year forms

• MITC-A Application for West Virginia Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit for Investments Placed Into Service On or After January 1, 2003.

Underpayment of Estimated Tax Penalty

Monthly

• UETP-M Monthly Underpayment of Estimated Tax Penalty Worksheet
• Instructions

Quarterly

• UETP-Q Quarterly Underpayment of Estimated Tax Penalty Worksheet
• Instructions