KRS 137.160 — Valuation of oil for assessment by Department of Revenue -- Notice -- Appeal

(1) When the Department of Revenue has received the reports provided for in KRS
137.130, it shall, upon such reports and such other reports and information as it may
secure, assess the value of all grades or kinds of crude petroleum reported for each
month.
(2) Where the report shows no sale of crude petroleum during the month covered by the
report, the market value of crude petroleum on the first business day after the tenth
day of the month in which the report is made shall be fixed by the department as the
assessed value of all crude petroleum covered by the report. Where the report shows
that all crude petroleum reported has been sold during the month covered by t he
report, the market price of such crude petroleum on each day of sale shall be the
assessed value of all crude petroleum sold on that date of sale, and the total amount
of the tax to be reported as the assessment on the report shall be the total of the
assessments made on such sales. If the report shows that part of the crude petroleum
reported has been sold and part remains unsold, the market price of the crude
petroleum on the first business day after the tenth day of the month following the
month covered by the report shall be fixed as the assessed value of the portion of
the crude petroleum unsold, the market price of the crude petroleum on each day of
sale shall be the assessed value of the portion sold, and the total amount of the tax
to be reported as the assessment on the report shall be the total of the assessments
made on the sold and unsold crude petroleum. The department, in making its
assessments, shall take into consideration transportation charges.
(3) The department shall, by the last day of the month in which the reports are required
to be made, notify each transporter of his or her assessment, and certify the
assessment to the county clerk of each county that has reported the levy of a county
tax under KRS 137.150. The county clerk shall im mediately deliver a copy thereof
to the sheriff for collection of the county tax. The transporter so notified of the
assessment shall have the right to an appeal to the Board of Tax Appeals pursuant to
KRS 49.220.