Comments on: How Much Does Alabama Give in Tax Breaks? We Don’t Know

By: Kristopher

Kristopher — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:10:35 +0000

Sounds good Walt…I decided to start a Wiki, rather than try and manage this through e-mail.

http://alatax.wikidot.com/

Any and all suggestions or data can be posted there and we will start pulling this together. I’ve also sent an email to one of the analysts at CBPP who did the original study for his thoughts and ideas.

By: walt moffett

walt moffett — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:15:19 +0000

Tokay, from the Legislative fiscal office, you can get the Legislator's Guide to Taxes for a start. From state finance department, Budget info. Lots of info out there, its all just disjointed and probably only grokked by the finance department bureaucrats. Coordination? Email with everybody getting a CC of mails to start? But first lets decide what we're doing. Are we gathering a list of current taxes and what exemptions exist, or something else? A list of what taxes exist, their rates, who collects with the various exemptions/exceptions (and any stated reason) all laid out is my idea have fun

By: Kristopher

Kristopher — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:28:42 +0000

I just had another thought…what about getting a legislator to make a request to the Legislative Fiscal Office?

By: Kristopher

Kristopher — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:25:49 +0000

I’m thinking a wiki may be in order.

By: Kristopher

Kristopher — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:25:36 +0000

Walt,

I LOVE that idea. Any ideas about how we could divide it up?

By: walt moffett

walt moffett — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:05:03 +0000

Might be something us citizens could assemble by reviewing the Alabama Code, local constitutional amendments and department (ABC board, Revenue Dept, etc) rulings.

Anyone else interested? Could be fun or a cure for insomnia

By: alabamaBNN

alabamaBNN — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:41:25 +0000

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