State Fix on Groundfish Tax Collection Still a Work in Progress

Undercurrent News, June 15, 2016 By DJ Summers Editor’s note: this story has been updated with exact numbers provided by Kurt Iverson. KODIAK — A fishing tax rate glitch has new data that will increase state revenue in 2016, but the fix still needs work. “I don’t...

Alaska Working on State Flatfish Tax Fix to Capture Foregone Revenue

Seafoodnews.com [Alaska Journal of Commerce], December 10, 2015 By DJ Summers A state tax rate glitch let groundfish trawlers off the hook for more than $10 million of fishery taxes in the last half decade, and there’s no concrete fix just yet. The fishery resource...