
Nicholas Fulford
25:42 - 26:31
"the first thing that happened was that the LNG project tax was revealed— repealed. Then in the run-up to FID, the depreciation mechanisms were accelerated by the federal government. There was a complete deferment of sales tax on the project while it was being built. So it wasn't a tax holiday, but it was a deferment of the nominal tax for 20 years."
“the first thing that happened was that the LNG project tax was revealed— repealed. Then in the run-up to FID, the depreciation mechanisms were accelerated by the federal government. There was a complete deferment of sales tax on the project while it was being built. So it wasn't a tax holiday, but it was a deferment of the nominal tax for 20 years.”
First of all, you know, similar to what we were doing this morning, you know, looking at the landed cost of gas and the economics and the investment required, it became abundantly clear that, you know, this was a project that was going to need help to get across the finish line. So the first thing that happened was that the LNG project tax was revealed— repealed. Then in the run-up to FID, the depreciation mechanisms were accelerated by the federal government. There was a complete deferment of sales tax on the project while it was being built. So it wasn't a tax holiday, but it was a deferment of the nominal tax for 20 years.
Senate Finance heard Wednesday that British Columbia's LNG Canada project received federal tax deferrals and accelerated depreciation before final investment decision, creating a competitive fiscal framework Alaska must consider as it weighs property tax alternatives for Alaska LNG.
