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The sale of BP’s Alaska properties to Hilcorp. could bring the state personal income tax back to Alaska.
Though nobody in their right mind wants to bring the income tax back, it could be the best long-term solution to solving this state’s fiscal problems.
And it could end the most unfair way Alaska has developed for meeting state financial obligations — paying its bills by reducing the amount of the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend checks.