Beth Weldon
3:32 - 3:53
"We may have inadvertently caused a double taxation that we just have to work with our our finance director and sales tax person to make sure that it's not what— I doubt that's what the intention of the assembly was, is to double tax something."
“We may have inadvertently caused a double taxation that we just have to work with our our finance director and sales tax person to make sure that it's not what— I doubt that's what the intention of the assembly was, is to double tax something.”
- Speaker
- Beth Weldon
- Timestamp
- 3:32 – 3:53
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- May 27, 2026
From the transcript
All right, thank you, Ms. Wall. And I'll just quickly speak to that one really quickly. We may have inadvertently caused a double taxation that we just have to work with our our finance director and sales tax person to make sure that it's not what— I doubt that's what the intention of the assembly was, is to double tax something. So that's why this is happening. So thank you, Ms. Wall.
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