Country Report

Seychelles upstream fiscal summary

Get this report

$1,650

You can pay by card or invoice

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice.
 

- FAQs about online orders
- Find out more about subscriptions

Concession regime based governed by the Seychelles Petroleum (Taxation) Act 2008 (amended in 2013) including royalties, income tax and a Petroleum Additional Profits Tax. A 10% royalty is applied for oil and 5% for gas. Oil royalties may be reduced to 5% for marginal fields. The Petroleum Additional Profits Tax is payable on a sliding scale, linked to the contractors rate of return, and is a biddable item. Corporate income taxes are also payable, at the standard rate of 35%.

Table of contents

  • Basis
  • Licence terms
  • Government equity participation
    • Ring fencing
    • Bonuses, rentals and fees
    • Indirect taxes
    • Royalty
    • Additional petroleum taxes
    • Corporate income tax
    • Product pricing
    • Summary of modelled terms
  • Recent history of fiscal changes
  • Stability provisions
  • Split of the barrel and share of profit
  • Effective royalty rate and maximum government share
  • Progressivity
  • Fiscal deterrence

Tables and charts

This report includes 17 images and tables including:

  • Timeline
  • Timeline details
  • Split of the barrel - oil
  • Split of the barrel - gas
  • Share of profit - oil
  • Share of profit - gas
  • Effective royalty rate and minimum state share
  • Maximum government share and maximum state share
  • State share versus Pre-Share IRR – oil
  • State share versus Pre-Share IRR - gas
  • Investor IRR versus Pre-Share IRR - oil
  • Investor IRR versus Pre-Share IRR - gas
  • Bonuses, rentals and fees
  • Indirect taxes
  • Assumed terms by location

What's included

This report contains:

  • Document

    Seychelles upstream fiscal summary

    PDF 942.92 KB