As the economic value of natural gas production increases in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale, the local impact fee created by...
read moreState Representative Marguerite Quinn (R-Bucks) introduced legislation creating a Marcellus Shale impact fee. This Reports and Briefing Papers compares...
read moreSenate leaders rejected the compromise within the severance tax plan and have refused to budge from a plan that...
read moreThis Reports and Briefing Papers outlines the components of House Bill 2435, the House revenue package introduced by State...
read moreThe General Assembly is now considering several proposals to enact a tax on natural gas production (called a severance...
read moreThe Pennsylvania General Assembly is drafting legislation to institute a severance tax on the natural gas extracted from the...
read moreIn 2010, the Pennsylvania General Assembly took steps to enact a severance tax on natural gas drilled in...
read moreEvery state with significant mineral wealth, with the exception of Pennsylvania, has adopted a severance tax on the resource...
read moreThis Reports and Briefing Papers explores Governor Ed Rendell’s proposed 2009-2010 budget, which would enact a severance tax on...
read moreTestifying at the April 3 hearing, PBPC Research Director Michael Wood highlighted just how common severance taxes are across...
read moreA study financed by the gas industry, overplays the positive impacts of increased natural gas production, while minimizing the...
read moreMichael Wood of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center testified on the proposed natural gas severance tax before the...
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