Unpacking House Bill 111

Once Gov. Bill Walker signs House Bill 111 into law, cashable tax credits to oil and gas companies working in Alaska will be a thing of the past.

But the bill that became contentious in legislative debates — despite House Democrats, Senate Republicans and Walker agreeing on the major aforementioned policy change — has many other subtle but substantive provisions.

For starters, it does not end all tax credits, or even all of them related to oil and gas projects.

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