
Dan Stickel
106:44 - 107:05
"We are assuming a 10% pretax rate of return for the developer, that that's what's being targeted. I underline pretax there because when we add the pass-through entity tax on top of it, that changes the dynamics for the developer."
“We are assuming a 10% pretax rate of return for the developer, that that's what's being targeted. I underline pretax there because when we add the pass-through entity tax on top of it, that changes the dynamics for the developer.”
- Speaker
- Dan Stickel
- Timestamp
- 106:44 – 107:05
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
From the transcript
So we are assuming a 10% pretax rate of return for the developer, that that's what's being targeted. I underline pretax there because when we add the pass-through entity tax on top of it, that changes the dynamics for the developer.
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