Oil producers get break on Alaska property taxes

Published May 5, 2014 7:24pm ET



ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Sean Parnell’s administration worked out a deal with Alaska’s major oil producers that let the companies withhold tens of millions of dollars in property taxes, public documents show.

The 2013 agreement occurred after producers disagreed with the state board that set the value of the trans-Alaska pipeline, the Anchorage Daily News reported (http://is.gd/FG5RBE).

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