...politics.French is a leader in the Senate bipartisan coalition that rejected Gov. Sean Parnell's plan to lower oil company taxes. Parnell and other supporters contend the tax cut is needed as an incentive for producers to drill more wells in...
...has not completed highly detailed, final audits of oil company tax payments from the past few years. Without that information...Committee regarding the absence of comprehensive audits of oil company tax returns.But no such comprehensive audits were used...
...AMERICA Movement, which is what the group calls themselves, speculates the bill is being held hostage in exchange for oil company tax breaks."They're holding up a whole lot of bills for House Bill 110," Nosakhere said. That bill would overhaul...
...about $1.24 per liter, which is $4.72 per gallon. I can't believe Gov. Sean Parnell wants to give the oil companies' tax breaks at a time when they're making record profits in Alaska. He says they're threatening to reduce production...
...Palin's Republican party. How about Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share? Palin's victory with her bill will raise oil company taxes to 25 percent of profits. She said this would bring in a new era of stability. She certainly deflected an era's...
...other solution than to take our dividends. At the same time, Lisa Murkowski's trying to give big tourist and oil companies tax breaks. These are the only tax breaks that I've seen. On the national level, I've heard The Shrub, Mr. Dubya...
...get legal work for his law firm from VECO in 2006 at the same time VECO officials were actively lobbying to lower oil company taxes. The investigation began in 2004. Federal prosecutors allege Weyhrauch tried to get a job performing legal work...
...said they were dissatisfied with the lack of details. They also questioned whether taking public the idea of the oil companies' taxes was a negotiating tactic by Murkowski. "Obviously the billion dollar question is, what are the rates?" said...
...there's a lack of available information on how existing tax credits are being used. There's also a lag in audits of oil companies' tax forms dating to 2006 - when the state was under a different tax regime than it is today, he said. Senate President...
...Shill.'' ``Stooge.'' ``Stalking horse.'' ``Flunky.'' ``Flack.'' ``Front man.'' The oil companies' tax dollars pay for what, 85 percent of state government. That is a close enough relationship. Why should one particular...
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