Windfall tax: $12 margin hit for Reliance; govt to rake in Rs 1.3 trn

The windfall taxes imposed by the federal government on home crude oil manufacturing and gasoline exports will hit ONGC’s earnings severely whereas shaving off as much as $12 per barrel in refining margins for Reliance Industries Ltd. The brand new levies will give the federal government as much as Rs 1.3 trillion further income, brokerages mentioned.

In a shock transfer, the federal government on July 1 elevated import duties on gold (by 5 per cent), added export duties on petrol and ATF (Rs 6/litre; $12 per barrel) and diesel (Rs 13/liter; $26/bbl) and slapped a windfall tax on home crude manufacturing (Rs 23,250 per tonne; $40/bbl).

This follows earlier duties imposed on metal (15 per cent) and iron ore (up 20-45 per cent).

Whereas the export tax can be relevant on only-for-exports refinery of Reliance Industries (RIL), the restriction on product exports whereby at the very least 30-50 per cent is first provided domestically is not going to apply to SEZ items.

HSBC International Analysis in a notice mentioned in Might 2022, the federal government introduced a reduce within the excise responsibility of Rs 8 per litre on petrol and Rs 6 a litre on diesel, which is estimated to have diminished its revenues by Rs 1 trillion.

“The extra excise responsibility simply introduced and efficient from July 1, 2022 goals to fill this income hole. We estimate these taxes might generate Rs 1.2 trillion in authorities income and will additionally discourage the export of merchandise that are being diverted away from the home market.” The windfall tax on crude manufacturing might generate income of Rs 65,600 crore and tax on export merchandise one other Rs 52,700 crore in the event that they had been to be continued for the complete yr.

Kotak Institutional Equities mentioned the taxes will end in further tax revenues of Rs 1.3 trillion on an annualised foundation and Rs 1 trillion for the remainder of FY2023 assuming the federal government retains the taxes for all the yr.

UBS estimated that the federal government can increase Rs 1.38 trillion yearly from further taxes.

“Based mostly on diesel and gasoline export volumes in previous yr and estimate for FY23, we estimate further revenues of Rs 68,000 crore on three transportation fuels. Equally, windfall taxes on crude can increase Rs 70,000 crore in further revenues.” Nomura mentioned the windfall taxes might doubtlessly influence RIL’s GRM by $12 per barrel (Rs 47,000 crore on an annualised foundation).

Goldman Sachs mentioned it noticed restricted earnings danger for RIL (regardless of huge situations of $1.5-12.7 danger to gross refining margins or GRMs from new taxes) because the spot implied GRM run charge is over $27 per barrel.

HSBC mentioned whereas the brand new tax will decrease ONGC earnings by Rs 30 per share, its influence on RIL can be Rs 36 a share.

“We proceed to imagine the loss on its home advertising margin continues to be larger than the export tax, and thus, we imagine RIL is prone to proceed to export vital quantities,” HSBC mentioned.

JP Morgan mentioned whereas the duties on metal/iron ore helped scale back home costs and curb inflation, a better tax on gold ought to lower imports and assist the exterior steadiness marginally. “But, Friday’s (July 1) measures will serve squarely to lift income for the federal government.” Duties on crude oil ought to increase a further $3-4 billion (internet of decrease royalties, revenue taxes and dividends) whereas the gold responsibility can increase $1.5-2 billion annualized. Export taxes on diesel/petrol can increase near $9 billion gross every year, it mentioned including the income for present fiscal can be 75 per cent of those numbers.

“The federal government intent seems to be to maximise revenues from upstream producers by capping their upside from greater oil costs in addition to disincentivising refined product exports by non-public refiners to make sure home gasoline availability is not compromised,” Citi mentioned in a notice.

The $40 per barrel windfall tax is “a fabric unfavourable for ONGC specifically the place earnings are prone to be severely impacted,” it mentioned.

On the highest of the brand new levy, ONGC will proceed to pay oil 20 per cent (a fifth of the oil worth) as OIDB cess and one other 10-20 per cent royalty. The web realisation for ONGC can be round 40 per cent of the oil worth.

The gross refining margin (GRM) influence for RIL assuming two-thirds of its diesel, petrol and ATF had been being exported, may very well be $9-10 per barrel, Citi mentioned including the agency should be presently incomes $25 per barrel GRM.

“The earnings influence for RIL is prone to be much less materials given offsets from marking-to-market for present GRM energy, which might possible preclude earnings upgrades fairly than drive main downgrades.” Kotak mentioned it doesn’t “see a lot advantage within the authorities’s resolution to impose export duties on exports from RIL’s SEZ refinery. The federal government has cited elevated exports of diesel and gasoline and decrease availability of such merchandise for the home market as a key cause to impose the exports tax. Nonetheless, RIL’s SEZ refinery was arrange for exports and its merchandise weren’t meant on the market within the home market”.

It mentioned demand-supply evaluation of petroleum merchandise exhibits that there’s sufficient availability of diesel and petrol for the home market even excluding volumes from RIL’s SEZ refinery.

Haitong mentioned India’s complete diesel demand is 80-83 million tonnes whereas the overall PSU diesel provide is 65-68 million tonnes.

“Due to this fact, the remaining may be met by non-public gamers like RIL and Nayara Power. Equally, complete consumption of petrol in India stands at 30-31 million tonnes whereas PSUs provide is 21-22 million tonnes. Due to this fact, one-third of India’s consumption may be fulfilled by means of non-public gamers.” In response to CLSA, RIL’s GRMs could also be hit by $5-6 per barrel because of the new tax.

It mentioned the brand new taxes would give the federal government additional annual income of Rs 1.1 trillion ($14 billion), negating the Rs 97,000 crore income loss from the excise responsibility reduce accomplished about six weeks in the past.

Credit score Suisse mentioned the influence on RIL from cess on the export of petroleum merchandise is about $7-8 per barrel, translating to an annualised influence of $3.5-4.0 billion on EBITDA.

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