Study: Pennsylvania #energy firms paid less in #taxes than they said they did - Philly.com
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a study by a liberal-leaning think tank says big energy companies, including drillers, paid less in state and local taxes than the industry has claimed.
The study issued Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center said 2008 data from the state Department of Revenue show the industry paid $38.8 million in state business taxes that year. That figure includes $17.8 million in corporate net-income taxes.
That is below the industry’s claims that Marcellus Shale drillers yielded about $1 billion in state and local tax revenue, said Sharon Ward, director of the Harrisburg-based center.