Taxation and Revenue Department

There was a somewhat contentious exchange in the Senate Rules Committee today when Senate President Pro Tem Tim Jennings demanded that a cabinet secretary promise to always tell the Legislature the truth even if it would cost him his job.

A joint memorial making its way through the Legislature requests that the state’s Taxation and Revenue Department create a business tax advisory committee, composed of only business community members. Critics charge that’s unfair since other types of groups do tax policy research and often have the polar opposite perspective.