Most states simply take a percentage of the federal tax due which allows the feds to do the "heavy lifting" of codifying tax law.  Oh, but not in Alaska where we need a "unique" tax system which is code for having a system more easily influenced by a "little something" in the campaign chest.   Can you imagine how many more state employees  (I am sure the  proponents can)  will be required to enforce and defend in court this Rube Goldberg monster.  Are there already   "special deals", (e.g. will Legislative Per Diem  be taxed as income)?

The Alaska State Government prodded by the likes of the State Chamber of Commerce has sped past every fiscal warning sign for the last decade all the while self deluding themselves with that gilt-edged lie that  "we only need subsidize higher oil prices or increased oil production or both".  Well, for the foreseeable future that lie is still a lie yet we are burdened with a state government that cannot handle that reality.