30A tax credit
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has called on four congressional leaders to “look favorably” on making permanent the federal American Samoa Economic Development Tax Credit (ASEDC) — also referred to as 30A tax credit — before it expires the end of this year.
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![The tax credit “is vitally important” to StarKist Samoa, the largest private employer in the territory, and “therefore, to the economic well-being of our territory, in general,” Gov. Lolo said, noting that approximately 2,400 people work at the cannery. [SN file photo] Some of the 2,400 people who work at StarKist entering for their shift](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/starkist_gate_0648_5.jpg?itok=CTadL4gv)