Mississippi Business Journal » Derrick Surrette http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Mississippi legislative committee deadline sorts out winners, losers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/mississippi-legislative-committee-deadline-sorts-out-winners-losers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mississippi-legislative-committee-deadline-sorts-out-winners-losers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/mississippi-legislative-committee-deadline-sorts-out-winners-losers/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:32:22 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=53881 The recent legislative committee deadline proved at least one thing: There are varying degrees of “alive” at the Capitol. For most of the past few sessions, Derrick Surrette and officials at the Mississippi Association of Supervisors have pushed for language clarifying rules tax assessors follow when calculating ad valorem tax bills for Section 42 housing [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/mississippi-legislative-committee-deadline-sorts-out-winners-losers/feed/ 0 New faces in new places leave fate of inventory tax reform unclear http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/new-faces-in-new-places-leave-fate-of-inventory-tax-reform-unclear/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-faces-in-new-places-leave-fate-of-inventory-tax-reform-unclear http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/new-faces-in-new-places-leave-fate-of-inventory-tax-reform-unclear/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:01:04 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=52587 New legislative leadership does not necessarily guarantee easy victory for an old fight over inventory taxes. That’s something on which parties from both sides of the issue agree. Mississippi is one of nine states that still impose an inventory tax on its businesses. Arkansas is the only bordering state to still impose it, and Georgia [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/new-faces-in-new-places-leave-fate-of-inventory-tax-reform-unclear/feed/ 0 Litigation timeline key for Section 42 valuation fight http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/12/litigation-timeline-key-for-section-42-valuation-fight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=litigation-timeline-key-for-section-42-valuation-fight http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/12/litigation-timeline-key-for-section-42-valuation-fight/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:01:37 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=52285 A key hearing this week in Hinds County Chancery Court could go a long way toward changing how tax assessors calculate the tax liability for Section 42 Housing Developments. The Mississippi Association of Supervisors, the Mississippi Municipal League and dozens of towns and cities have sued the Department of Revenue, in an attempt to force [...]

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