Streamlined Sales Tax Act: Cooper Tire bill heads for House floor

Legislation would protect company from energy tax

By: Jodi Sheridan - Texarkana Gazette

A bill aimed at exempting Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. in Texarkana, Ark., from sales taxes on energy usage passed out of a House committee Thursday and will be presented to the full Arkansas House of Representatives this morning, said Rep. Steve Harrelson, D-Texarkana. Harrelson, who authored the bill,...