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July 13, 2016

HARRISON: Insurance premium tax increase an unexpected boon for #msleg

Bobby Harrison: Insurance premium tax only bright spot in state’s revenue stream Surging revenue from Mississippi’s tax on insurance premiums has prevented what has been a dismal year for state revenue collections from being even worse. While state revenue collections for the fiscal year that ended June 30 are down year over year for only…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 13, 2016

HARRISON defends 3 percent tax increase on insurance premiums

BOBBY HARRISON: Taxes make possible the best of government work A reader emailed to point out that while reporting that the 3 percent tax on insurance premiums was a growing source of revenue for a beleaguered state budget, I did not explain that the levy most likely was resulting in people having to pay more…