Supervisors OK Ingalls tax break

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls was granted 10-year exemptions Monday by Jackson County supervisors on a portion of its ad valorem taxes. The board unanimously granted two separate exemptions on some newer equipment and property at the shipyard, but the shipyard would still have to pay about 18 mills of the county’s 51.3 mills tax rate. Some tax funds must still be collected for school funds, roads and other expenses, supervisors said. (Source: Sun Herald, 09/12/11)