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“This is a transfer of administration to the borough, and with an estimated $360,000 for 2 full-time employees to manage this, what I would say, a very complex tax system— we literally chase people around for $12.50.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 30:45 – 31:15
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Mat-Su Borough
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From the transcript
It also threatens local control. We are in Juneau all the time talking about local control, how important it is to have local control. Wasilla sales tax is our primary revenue source. We fund police and roads and parks. This is a transfer of administration to the borough, and with an estimated $360,000 for 2 full-time employees to manage this, what I would say, a very complex tax system— we literally chase people around for $12.50.
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