Halo Wireless is still keeping the Arkansas Public Service Commission...
Halo Wireless is still keeping the Arkansas Public Service Commission busy despite the company’s July liquidation, a Thursday filing showed (http://xrl.us/bnpr8z). Halo had challenged its Arkansas tax assessment in early July, prior to its liquidation, and claimed it was being…
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assessed for several hundred thousand dollars more than what it possessed in the state. The PSC established a schedule of proceedings for the tax division and the now-liquidated company in early September, but the tax division has shot back. “Halo bears the burden of proof to show that the Tax Division’s assessment is manifestly excessive or clearly erroneous or confiscatory,” the Arkansas tax division said Thursday, saying it should only have to present proof once Halo does. “If Halo fails to meet its burden, the Commission is obligated to affirm the assessment.”