by Joe Paskvan Alaska voted to give away money, including oil credits, to the oil companies. Alaska “decided” in that vote to not act like a prudent landowner or taxing entity. Too many Alaskans believed the oil pitch of Alaska’s immediate return to 1 million barrels per day. Ironically, recent [Read More...]
by Joe Paskvan The lose/lose conundrum advanced by the administration of maintaining either the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend or education, both K-12 and UA, has a solution. Eliminate oil tax credits. Sadly, Alaska is obligated to pay an $8 credit per barrel when the wellhead price is less than $80 [Read More...]
by Robin Brena Part One As owners, we Alaskans are entitled to one-third of the gross revenues from the sale of our oil. We realize our fair share through a combination of revenues from a production tax, royalty payments, income taxes and real property taxes. Production taxes are the most critical. [Read More...]
by Robin Brena I recently suggested Alaskans should recover a fair share of our petroleum wealth. There have been several well-taken responses to my suggestion. The purpose for this article is to reply to those responses so we may continue an important conversation for Alaskans' futures. WHAT IS OUR FAIR [Read More...]
