
Dan Stickel
91:36 - 91:57
"Representative Ruffridge to the Chair, correct, yes. So the assumption is that there is significant capital expenditure for the Phase 2 and then kind of a steady-state operations beyond that. If the developer were to do a significant expansion, yes, that would reduce their corporate income tax liability."
“Representative Ruffridge to the Chair, correct, yes. So the assumption is that there is significant capital expenditure for the Phase 2 and then kind of a steady-state operations beyond that. If the developer were to do a significant expansion, yes, that would reduce their corporate income tax liability.”
- Speaker
- Dan Stickel
- Timestamp
- 91:36 – 91:57
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
From the transcript
Representative Ruffridge to the Chair, correct, yes. Okay, thank you. So the assumption is that there is significant capital expenditure for the Phase 2 and then kind of a steady-state operations beyond that. If the developer were to do a significant expansion, yes, that would reduce their corporate income tax liability.
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