Study Funded by Shell Convinced Pennsylvania To Give Shell $1.6 Billion Tax Break
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Study Funded by Shell Convinced Pennsylvania To Give Shell $1.6 Billion Tax Break

In 2012‚ Pennsylvania lawmakers—including then-Gov. Tom Corbett‚ a Republican—crafted a proposal for Shell Oil Co. In exchange for tax incentives estimated to be worth as much as $66 million per year over 25 years—a total state investment of over $1.6 billion—plus a credit that would exempt the company from most‚ if not all‚ of its state and local taxes‚ Shell would build a polymer manufacturing plant in Beaver County‚ near Pittsburgh‚ instead of in Ohio or West Virginia....