The Arkansas Public Service Commission has attempted to set up...
The Arkansas Public Service Commission has attempted to set up an October tax assessment hearing with Halo Wireless -- but the company no longer exists, liquidated in late July after a contentious, countrywide battle over unpaid access charges (CD Aug…
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2 p8). “A hearing is hereby scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 in the Hearing Room of the Arkansas Public Service Commission building” in Little Rock, the commission said, saying all testimony is due Oct. 2. The Arkansas hearing is to deal with a dispute over the assessed value of Halo’s Arkansas equipment. The state charged $300,000 but former Halo Chief Operating Officer Russell Wiseman, before he was removed during liquidation, told us it cost well under $50,000 (CD July 19 p18). The liquidation status is likely to “come to bear” in the proceedings, an Arkansas PSC spokesman told us. The commission was aware of Halo’s bankruptcy, the spokesman said, but he appeared unfamiliar with its liquidation. Halo’s tax assessment challenge in Arkansas had preceded its liquidation.