2 Philly Dems Intro Bill to Slap Severance Tax on Top of Impact Tax

Here we go again. Pennsylvania Democrat State Reps. Chris Pielli, (Chester), and Tarik Khan, (Philadelphia), have introduced a bill that would establish a severance tax on natural gas production. Specifically, the legislation introduces a per-volume severance tax on natural gas operations. The bill would place the new severance tax on top of the existing impact fee (i.e., tax), creating a double tax on the Marcellus industry. Adding a severance tax to the existing impact fee would instantly make PA's tax on natural gas extraction the highest in the nation. The purpose is not revenue generation but the death of the Marcellus production in the Keystone State. Do the Dems never tire of attacking the Marcellus industry?

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