NASHVILLE – Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey said today he is meeting with the state’s former jobs chief in an effort to learn exactly what deals then-Gov. Phil Bredesen’s administration struck when recruiting Amazon and Electrolux to Tennessee.
“This whole Amazon tax issue, that they’re not paying sales tax, I just don’t think that’s something that should ever have been agreed to – apparently it’s agreed to,” Ramsey told reporters.
But Ramsey repeated earlier statements he has made that “we’ll honor it.”
“But I think those types of programs in the future are going to be looked at very closely before we do it again,” he said.
He said Matt Kisber, the former economic and community development commissioner, has agreed to meet with him next week.