Oil price spike: How does the Kremlin tax its oil industry? Oil prices have spiked and that should produce a huge windfall for the Kremlin which has been desperately short of cash to fund its war machine in Ukraine since the start of this year.

Oil prices have spiked and that should produce a huge windfall for the Kremlin which has been desperately short of cash to fund its war machine in Ukraine since the start of this year. Bne IntelliNews #OilPrices #Kremlin #UkraineWar #EnergyMarket #OilTax

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: SB 21 is broken The typical flurry of legislative session op-eds warning against changes to oil taxes began the week before last. True to form, the season kicked off with an op-ed in the Anchorage Daily News (ADN)…

The problem with Alaska's current #OilTax structure is that it's built on components that may make individual sense, but when stacked on top of each other, produce sub-optimal (less than Constitutional) results for the state. #akleg

This Wk's Top 3 P'cast| Neither side of the #OilTax debate focuses on the Constitutional standard; yes, the Alaska economy is K-shaped, now, let's focus on why; and the Bishop for #AKgov campaign ignores the big issue. #akleg buff.ly/56YTeAh

This Wk's Top 3 P'cast| Neither side of the #OilTax debate focuses on the Constitutional standard; yes, the Alaska economy is K-shaped, now, let's focus on why; and the Bishop for #AKgov campaign ignores the big issue. #akleg buff.ly/56YTeAh

ICYMI. This Wk's Top 3 P'cast| Neither side of the #OilTax debate focuses on the Constitutional standard; yes, the Alaska economy is K-shaped, now, let's focus on why; and the Bishop for #AKgov campaign ignores the big issue. #akleg buff.ly/56YTeAh

This Wk's Top 3 P'cast| Neither side of the #OilTax debate focuses on the Constitutional standard; yes, the Alaska economy is K-shaped, now, let's focus on why; and the Bishop for #AKgov campaign ignores the big issue. #akleg buff.ly/56YTeAh

The Weekly Top 3 (12.8.2025) Neither side of the #OilTax debate focuses on the Constitutional standard; yes, the Alaska economy is K-shaped, now, let's focus on why; and the Bishop for #AKgov campaign ignores the big issue

This Wk's Top 3 P'cast| Neither side of the #OilTax debate focuses on the Constitutional standard; yes, the Alaska economy is K-shaped, now, let's focus on why; and the Bishop for #AKgov campaign ignores the big issue. #akleg buff.ly/56YTeAh

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: SB 21 is broken The typical flurry of legislative session op-eds warning against changes to oil taxes began the week before last. True to form, the season kicked off with an op-ed in the Anchorage Daily News (ADN)…

Listening to some #akleg defending the current #OilTax structure when it clearly needs changing is as frustrating as, in the early 2010s, listening to those who defended ACES when it clearly needed changing. #FixIt buff.ly/q7pbISL

Interesting fact: The #akleg is leaving (much) more money on the table by accepting high-cost, mediocre Permanent Fund Corp performance than they would gain from #OilTax reform.

#AKleg R's are great at talking about "saving the PFD." But when it comes time to do something about it - like fix the broken #OilTax system to restore level revenues - they side with the special interests against #AKfams. buff.ly/ejb6Tlz

Despite increasing production, Alaska's revenue from that production is falling significantly due to some problems with how the #OilTax code operates in the current environment. Rep. Johnson's solution? Don't fix the tax code. The unspoken part? Increase PFD cuts instead. #akleg buff.ly/yUTIqJg

With bipartisan support, Alaska Senate panel again proposes new PFD formula • Alaska Beacon The '75-25' split proposal is worth about $1,420 per PFD recipient this year but faces several budgetary obstacles.

There's a huge difference b/w Sen. Yundt's #OilTax & Sens. Cronk & Kaufman's #PFDcuts. Yundt raises revs by leveling the current tax structure among #OilCos. Cronk/Kaufman raise revs by taking even more from middle & lower-income #AKfams, widening the income gap even further. #akleg

Alaska Legislature faces a $200M-plus deficit as it weighs school funding, dividend Legislators are facing a familiar choice: cut the PFD or abandon a school funding boost.

It's NOT about K-12 v PFD. It's K-12 v revenue. #AKleg PFDcuts are one alt (the "most regressive" that have the "largest adverse impact" on the #AKecon & are "by far the costliest for #AKfams"). Others are sales tax, income tax, #OilTax reform. Why aren't they listed?

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Is the State (Governor + Legislature) leaving money on the table? Last month we wrote a column entitled “How much would ‘government take’ from oil need to increase to balance the budget.” In that column we wrote this:… Read More

To the extent Alaska's #OilTax rates are below the revenue-maximizing point required by the Constitution, the state is subsidizing the #OilCos & #NonRez workers they are importing. While the state's budget hole is even deeper, eliminating those subsidies is an important step. #akleg buff.ly/4gkfPwj