Nelson officially files measure to increase severance tax.

Arkansas Business | January 21, 2008| | Copyright

A PUSH LED BY FORMER NATURAL gas company executive Sheffield Nelson to raise the state s miniscule severance tax on natural gas is officially under way.

Nelson submitted a proposal to Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on Thursday to raise the state's severance tax, which is the nation's lowest at three-tenths of a cent per 1,000 cubic feet (mcf), to 7 percent of market value at the time of extraction.

Nelson said he and Gov. Mike Beebe, who has not officially endorsed the plan, have essentially come to a compromise on how the increased tax revenue ...

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