Mississippi Business Journal » Ed Morgan http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Search is on for next Department of Revenue headquarters http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/15/search-is-on-for-next-department-of-revenue-headquarters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=search-is-on-for-next-department-of-revenue-headquarters http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/15/search-is-on-for-next-department-of-revenue-headquarters/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:01:36 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=55682 The leadership of the Mississippi House of Representatives last week rebuffed a late-inning effort to salvage a move of the Mississippi Department of Revenue into downtown Jackson’s Landmark Center. House leaders are said to have no appetite for dealing with the DOR headquarters issue this year. State Sen. John Horhn tried to resurrect DOR headquarters’ [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/15/search-is-on-for-next-department-of-revenue-headquarters/feed/ 1 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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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/12/litigation-timeline-key-for-section-42-valuation-fight/feed/ 1 State’s chief site selector: Search starts for new tax HQ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/03/state%e2%80%99s-chief-site-selector-search-starts-a-new-for-tax-hq/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state%25e2%2580%2599s-chief-site-selector-search-starts-a-new-for-tax-hq http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/03/state%e2%80%99s-chief-site-selector-search-starts-a-new-for-tax-hq/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:06:30 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=39393 Though proximity to the state’s new Data Center off Lakeland Drive could weigh heavily in the site selection, the only certainty for the new home of the  Mississippi Department of Revenue is that it will be housed in a state-owned building or built on vacant land the state owns. In either instance, the site must [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/03/state%e2%80%99s-chief-site-selector-search-starts-a-new-for-tax-hq/feed/ 0 Roughing it in exile http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/03/roughing-it-in-exile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roughing-it-in-exile http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/03/roughing-it-in-exile/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:05:34 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=39391 If you like the sound of rain on a tin roof, a job at the Mississippi Department of Revenue building in Raymond may be just the ticket. Of course, the downside is you’ll work in a cavernous warehouse with concrete floors and 40-foot ceilings where some parts of the building are too hot and other [...]

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