The Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, or IACI as it’s often referred to, is Idaho’s most powerful business lobby.
The group boasts more than 300 members, yet keeps their membership list private. We know Micron Technology, St. Luke’s Health System, Idaho Forest Group, and J.R. Simplot Company are a few of IACI’s more prominent members.
IACI was formed in 1974 after the Idaho State Chamber and the Associated Industries of Idaho merged.
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is spending part of his week in Coeur d’Alene at Idaho’s largest business lobby’s annual convention. Gov. Otter’s spokesman says one of the administration’s main goals for the next legislative session is to pass a third-consecutive year of tax cuts. In 2012, the Legislature lowered corporate and individual income tax rates […]
Idaho’s largest business lobby is hosting its annual policy meeting in Coeur d’Alene this week. According to the Coeur d’Alene Press, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is attending the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry retreat, along with about 60 legislators and 130 IACI members. Sure to be on IACI’s 2014 legislative agenda is a complete […]
In absence of a bill, the Idaho Legislature’s personal property tax discussion has played out behind closed doors so far this session. But former Representative Dennis Lake introduced a twist today when he went before his old committee to suggest a simple change to the definition of real and personal property. Lake’s bill would narrow […]
Not long ago, Sen. John Tippets (R-Montpelier) found himself in a peculiar spot. This summer and fall, influential lawmakers and the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry made it clear that phasing out or eliminating Idaho’s tax on business personal property would be a focus of the 2013 legislative session. Tippets is a public affairs […]
Boise-based Micron and two of its subsidiaries are three of the top five business personal property tax payers in Ada County. In 2011, Micron paid more than $2.9 million. MP Mask Technology Center, a joint venture between Micron and Photronics Inc. paid almost $1 million, and shuttered Micron joint venture Transform Holdings Inc. (Transform Solar) […]
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