# Basic Organization of Files and Recordkeeping

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/basic-organization-of-files-and-recordkeeping/56799
**Category:** General Mineral Rights Discussion
**Created:** [March 25, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/basic-organization-of-files-and-recordkeeping/56799 "2020-03-25T14:34:23Z")
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### Author: ![M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/m_barnes/32/10942_2.png) [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/basic-organization-of-files-and-recordkeeping/56799/21 "2020-03-31T23:02:32Z")

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I keep all my records by state, then county, then geographic location. You will need to be able to total up revenue by state for the state income tax forms.

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### Author: ![Sibermom](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Sibermom](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sibermom)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/basic-organization-of-files-and-recordkeeping/56799/22 "2020-04-01T01:22:16Z")

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All mine are from the same state. I don’t file taxes in that state because the amount they collect is too small to bother with (usually less than $1 a year and it’s not my state of residence). If there is state tax being collected, it could be different, but even then I don’t know about the ins and outs of records in different states.

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### Author: ![M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/m_barnes/32/10942_2.png) [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/basic-organization-of-files-and-recordkeeping/56799/23 "2020-04-01T13:58:05Z")

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In some states, the operators take out the state portion of the taxes before sending royalties. You have to file a state income tax report in order to get a portion of it refunded. If you have royalties in other states, you do need to find out what you need to do for taxes in each state.

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### Author: ![system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/uploads/db5755/original/3X/6/c/6c7c56608c843272ad6e3662ce9562a5956f173e.png) [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/basic-organization-of-files-and-recordkeeping/56799/24 "2020-06-23T14:34:23Z")

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