Unpaid oilpatch taxes rise again despite industry boom, say rural municipalities

It’s the third year the municipalities have released a tally of unpaid taxes.

Municipal Affairs Minister Rebecca Schulz said the province is aware of the survey results and agrees with the Rural Municipalities of Alberta that the problem of unpaid oil and gas taxes to rural municipalities is unacceptable.Article content “We will be in contact directly with delinquent companies, reminding them of their tax responsibilities.”

“ also acknowledges that we continue to see the lagging effects of a multi-year downturn for the oil and gas sector. We are committed to continuing to work with the province’s liability management system.” Those wells would then go to the Orphan Well Association, which already has a backlog of unremediated wells that has forced the Alberta and federal governments to bail it out.

Pull their permits and licenses to operate, just like they do to us when we have arrears.

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