Assembly to look at severance tax as source of revenue

The Haines Borough Assembly is considering a severance tax.

Assembly member Carol Tuynman suggested the revenue-generating measure, a tax on natural resources extracted from the borough, at an April 29 committee of the whole meeting.

In recent years, the borough has used savings, cuts and federal stimulus money to compensate for revenue losses due to the pandemic and the decline of state revenues. The current draft of the borough budget for the fiscal year beginning…