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Oil tax rates: the strange case of Norway

...there to discuss tax policy. The second was the announcement on May 6 that Norway had decided to make a change to its oil tax laws. Now, I don't know whether the governor was responsible for the May 6th tax change. But I like to imagine that...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-15/oil-tax-rates-strange-case-norway
Opinion
Success is never ours to define

...It's more likely the Governor remembers the abbreviated lives of past political triumphs regarding the state's oil tax laws. Frank Murkowski pushed through the Petroleum Profits Tax in 2006 only to see Sarah Palin replace it less than two years...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-01/success-never-ours-define
Opinion
Oil industry profits, complaints revive tax cut debate

...Division.The year 2008 was also a boon for the state, as Alaska had just passed the Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share oil tax law following the revelations of oil industry bribes paid during the establishment of the previous tax rates.An industry...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-07-31/oil-industry-profits-complaints-revive-
State
Let's keep the facts straight

...industry folks immediately claimed the rigs were contracted for in 2007, before BP knew about the 2007 adoption of our new oil tax law. They argued that had BP known the current law was going to be adopted, it would have never made this investment...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-08-25/let%E2%80%99s-keep-facts-straight
Opinion
Independent report finds jobs up since ACES

Despite claims of jobs lost on the North Slope since the passage of the state's ACES oil tax law, jobs in the industry are at an all-time high, the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee was told Tuesday. "On a monthly average...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-01-25/independent-report-finds-jobs-aces
State
Governor keeps the job numbers fight going despite contradictory evidence

...ACES" highlighting what it said were industry job losses.The campaign claimed Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share oil tax law was driving jobs away, but the Empire at the time reported the subjects of the commercials were largely new hires and...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-02-02/governor-keeps-job-numbers-fight-going-
State
Parnell demands senators pass oil tax bill

...has already lost 140,000 barrels a day (of oil production) in the last four or so years," he said.Alaska's oil tax law, the Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share Act, or ACES, was adopted about four years ago, leading the governor to...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-02-15/parnell-demands-senators-pass-oil-tax-b
State
Reducing oil taxes - that can be compared to car-buying strategies

The Alaska Senate is struggling mightily to draft revisions to "Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share" (ACES) oil tax law in response to heavy pressure from the governor, many other Republicans in the Legislature, and oil industry executives...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-03-27/reducing-oil-taxes-can-be-compared-ca
Opinion
Feds to drop charges against Clark

...corruption charges, Palin urged the Alaska Legislature to revisit the oil tax issue. In response, they passed a new oil tax law she proposed called "Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share Act" during a special session in 2008. Contact reporter...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/101010/loc_718503334.shtml
News
Lt. gov. candidates look beyond office

...a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to markets in Canada and the Midwest. The state is also rewriting its oil tax laws to get a better return on its resources during an era of high oil prices. Parnell is a commercial contract attorney...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/081106/sta_20060811021.shtml
News

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