About Freehold Mineral Tax

A brief introduction to Freehold Mineral Tax.  Read more

e-Freehold Mineral Tax

e-Freehold Mineral Tax (e-FMT) is an initiative to streamline Freehold Mineral Tax through new technology and standards. Freehold Mineral Tax clients will see manual filing and reporting replaced by an electronic web-based system. Read more

Forms

The Tenure Forms page provides access to forms for freehold mineral tax reporting by companies with an interest in freehold mineral rights. Read more

Guides

Guides to help you complete a bid to acquire oil sands or, petroleum and natural gas rights by public auction, and to help you apply for petroleum and natural gas rights by direct purchase (private sale).  Read more

Information Letters

Departmental Information Letters (ILs) are published to announce regulatory changes and interpretations, including those affecting taxation of freehold mineral rights. The following link lists active tenure ILs. You may subscribe to receive IL updates by e-mail and you may do searches on active and inactive ILs.  Read more

Acts and Regulations

The Freehold Mineral Rights Tax Act imposes a tax on minerals (currently just petroleum and natural gas) in Alberta owned other than by the Crown. The Alberta Queen’s Printer provides copies of this legislation. Read more

Statistics

Annual statistics on freehold petroleum and natural gas activity and tax revenues. Read more

Links

Links to other public and non-profit organizations relevant to freehold mineral tax. Read more