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To: KyrosL who wrote (70312)	9/5/2008 5:41:11 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

It's liable to federal income tax, but we have no state income tax in Alaska. Pretty much every resident who qualifies gets it. The basic qualification is one year of residency, but there are a variety of special situations that I don't keep track of. There's a popular option to divert part of the dividend into an educational trust fund, and this may have tax advantages. Might be one for a health care trust fund too, but I'm not up on it. We are getting the largest dividend ever this year, and it will be a HUGE stimulus for our economy... Alaskans to receive $3,269 each adn.com