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Soldotna aims to change short-term rental tax and permitting
Public hearings for two ordinances addressing existing short-term rental regulations will occur during the next city council meeting…
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Assembly will ask state legislature for authority to enact caps on real property tax assessments
Mayor Peter Micciche said a 34% increase over three years has created “real financial hardships” for many in…
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Assembly amends ordinance capping tax exemptions
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday divided a large chapter of tax code into four new chapters.
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School board discusses support for sales tax increase, no formal backing
At their Monday meeting, school board members expressed support for an initiative to bring a sales tax increase…
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Local governments prepare to tax online sales
The Kenai Peninsula Borough is considering taxing online purchases after the Supreme Court of the United States reversed…
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Local governments prepare to tax online sales
The Kenai Peninsula Borough is considering taxing online purchases after the Supreme Court of the United States reversed…
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Tariffs ding commercial fishing industry
Fishermen and seafood harvesters may take a major trade hit with the announcement of new tariffs from China,…
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Tariffs ding commercial fishing industry
Fishermen and seafood harvesters may take a major trade hit with the announcement of new tariffs from China,…
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Borough assembly gets back into taxes Tuesday
Though the budget is finalized for the upcoming year, the finance battles aren’t done at the Kenai Peninsula…
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Borough and municipalities contest revenue changes
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to correct Soldotna’s yearly sales tax revenue. City managers from around…
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Kenai water and sewer tax exemption fails
A proposal to exempt Kenai’s residential water and sewer services from city sales taxes failed at Wednesday night’s…
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How do your borough services get funded?
The Kenai Peninsula Borough budget has a lot of sliding puzzle pieces. Every year, the borough administration, staff…
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State works to formalize method for assessing oil and gas properties
Some of the affected parties are raising concerns as state tax assessors are finalizing a methodology for valuing…
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Bed tax fails, sales tax cap goes to ballot
Kenai Peninsula voters will consider an increase to the cap on taxable sales in the borough this fall.…
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Assembly debates bed tax, introduces sales tax cap increase
The Kenai Peninsula’s lodging industry is mounting opposition to the Kenai Peninsula Borough administration’s proposed bed tax. The…