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Sunday, August 2, 2020 |
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Unemployment Tax in the Nonprofit Sector
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2770 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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...employers are likely to be hit with a significant and automatic rate increase at the end of this year....
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Saturday, August 1, 2020 |
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Hawaii Gasoline Tax 6th Highest in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 9:19 PM :: 3066 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... State and Local taxes add $0.4628 per gallon -- not counting GE Tax ....
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Sunday, July 26, 2020 |
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Two Tax Bills This Year
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3621 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Tax Foundation of Hawaii, urged the Legislature to adopt key provisions of the CARES Act although it became law in 2020. DoTAX, in testimony, proposed to adopt a few provisions and leave others on the cutting room floor....
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 |
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Hawaii has Fewest Pass-Through Businesses in USA--and 4th highest taxes
By Tax Foundation @ 7:23 PM :: 3495 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...Pass-through businesses, such as sole proprietorships, S corporations, and partnerships, make up a majority of businesses in the United States....
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 |
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Future of Unemployment Insurance
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3708 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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...unemployment insurance and how it is going to fare after the pandemic....
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 |
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Legislative Session: The good, the bad and the ugly
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:42 PM :: 4202 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... donning rose-colored glasses and approaching the budget shortfall as a temporary setback ....
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 |
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Hawaii GET Taxes 105 percent of the state’s personal income
By Tax Foundation @ 2:52 PM :: 3810 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, but it taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 105 percent of the state’s personal income. This base is far wider than the national median, where the sales tax applies to 34.25 percent of personal income....
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 |
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Hawaii Worst Taxpayer ROI in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:13 PM :: 2775 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...nobody pays more for less....
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020 |
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Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 5:08 AM :: 2840 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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“...Taxes are the single most expensive ingredient in beer, costing more than the labor and raw materials combined....”
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Sunday, July 5, 2020 |
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Damn the Tax Clearances, Full Speed Ahead!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3268 Views :: Ethics, Taxes, COVID-19
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...Ige's COVID order suspends law requiring that people who want to do business with the State or municipal governments need to be current with their state and federal taxes....
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Monday, June 29, 2020 |
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Tax Like an Egyptian: The wholesale rate, the retail rate, and tax “pyramiding”
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 6:58 PM :: 3888 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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...we struggled to determine the purposes of the provisions reviewed, and in some cases, were unable to even infer the purposes. Additionally, we had no objective means to assess whether provisions were achieving their purposes....
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Saturday, June 27, 2020 |
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Hawaii 2nd Highest Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 6:25 AM :: 3064 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and the highest Total Sales & Excise Tax Burden....
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Thursday, June 25, 2020 |
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Ige Defers Harbor Tariff Hike
By News Release @ 10:22 PM :: 3982 Views :: Jones Act, OHA, Small Business, Taxes
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"...This will allow local shippers and businesses, especially those on the neighbor islands, to conduct business without worrying about a rate increase at this time....”
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Sunday, June 21, 2020 |
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Pitfalls of the Subcontractor Deduction
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3824 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...another general excise tax exemption that the State Auditor has put under the microscope....
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Saturday, June 20, 2020 |
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Mayor Victorino returns budget to Maui Council without signature
By News Release @ 3:36 PM :: 3219 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, COVID-19
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...Victorino said his proposed property tax rates would have provided relief for hotels, resorts and short-term rentals from the economic downturn....
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Sunday, June 7, 2020 |
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Hawaii Spending Cap Too Easily Ignored by Lawmakers
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:03 PM :: 3100 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Start working now to adopt a meaningful spending cap....
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Sunday, June 7, 2020 |
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Is Our GET Too Soft on Sales to the Feds?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2802 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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...tinkering with the tax code to raise more money has the effect of putting the brakes on what little spin we have left on our economic engine....
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Sunday, May 24, 2020 |
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Money Laying Around?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3344 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...the State Auditor has been busy at work trying to find options for legislators to consider for getting the state budget back on track....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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26 States Will Protect Businesses from COVID-19-Related Unemployment Tax Hikes--Hawaii isn't one of them
By Tax Foundation @ 11:44 PM :: 4827 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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...One way policymakers can help expedite their state’s economic recovery is by protecting employers from facing higher UI tax rates at a time when they can least afford to pay them....
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Friday, May 15, 2020 |
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The Legislature’s Dangerous Illusion
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:12 PM :: 3933 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...state policymakers seem to believe that the answer to the worst economic crisis in decades is to borrow and spend — and very likely raise taxes....
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 |
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COVID Borrow and Spend Plan will Burden Taxpayers for Years to Come
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:49 PM :: 3146 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...Keli'i Akina Challenges Lawmakers' Plan to Increase Borrowing and Spending....
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 |
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To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Individual Income Taxes?
By Tax Foundation @ 8:56 PM :: 2886 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... 22.2% of Hawaii State tax receipts come from individual income taxes ....
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020 |
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We can’t turn back the clock, and for some policies we don’t want to
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:01 PM :: 3136 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...the state deficit for fiscal year 2021 could grow to between $710 million and $1.8 billion....
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Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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Legislature must rein in state budget
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:25 PM :: 3114 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...Grassroot testimony outlines the problem and suggests some reforms....
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Sunday, May 10, 2020 |
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Crossing the Rubicon Into Tax Suspension
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3072 Views :: Taxes, COVID-19
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...Buried on the 19th page of a 68-page the document is a sentence suspending “Section 237D-6.5(b), distribution of the transient accommodations tax.”....
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Sunday, May 10, 2020 |
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‘Multiplier effect’ is poor justification for increased government spending
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:56 AM :: 4191 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...if Hawaii’s lawmakers wish to save our state economy from its current freefall, they must not be afraid to reduce state spending....
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Saturday, May 9, 2020 |
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Looking for $1.5B? Auditor Provides Handy List of GE Tax Hikes and Special Funds to Raid
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:49 PM :: 3944 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... stopgap measures which could help prevent public employees from feeling the slightest suffering...for now....
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Sunday, May 3, 2020 |
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VIDEO: Is Hawaii taxing healthcare to death?
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:00 PM :: 4198 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...Hawaii doesn't have enough doctors and other medical providers. Could Hawaii's tax system be a reason for the shortage?....
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Sunday, April 26, 2020 |
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Can the Governor Raise Taxes Now?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3721 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, COVID-19
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...This is not a far-fetched scenario....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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Taxing Medical Practice to Death
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4122 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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...Unless you like the idea of having doctors in rural areas being scarcer than toilet paper....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 |
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Hawaii CoC petitions governor for more COVID aid
By News Release @ 5:23 PM :: 2863 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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...Suspension, deferment of general excise tax collections....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 |
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Remove GE Tax from Medical Practices to Save Private MDs
By Video @ 4:12 PM :: 3863 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Taxes, COVID-19
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...We have a 44% shortage of physicians on the Big Island....
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Sunday, April 5, 2020 |
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Worst Return on Investment. Again.
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3136 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...a 50-state study called “2020’s States with the Best & Worst Taxpayer ROI....”
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Friday, April 3, 2020 |
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COVID Relief: Chamber of Commerce Petition Calls for GE Tax to be Suspended
By News Release @ 4:13 AM :: 3074 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Launches Petition to Urge Governor Ige to Take Further Action to Help COVID-19 Impacted Local Businesses ....
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Sunday, March 29, 2020 |
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Lead. Grant relief. Don’t take more. Please.
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3424 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... Now’s Not The Time To Raise Taxes And Fees....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Maui Budget: Property Tax Cut Proposed
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 3123 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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...Mayor Victorino presents administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Calls for Suspension or Delay of GE Tax
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 3656 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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...This measure is one of several that the Chamber is proposing to provide relief to local businesses....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Hawaii Worst Taxpayer ROI in USA
By Wallet Hub @ 8:47 PM :: 3275 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii 2nd highest taxes paid per capita....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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Who’s Watching the Store?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2650 Views :: Taxes
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...When do Legislators know that enough is enough? -- When somebody — or preferably LOTS of somebodies — tells them....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Takes $2431 per Capita -- 2nd Highest in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 12:03 AM :: 2826 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...How Much Does Your State Collect in Sales Taxes per Capita?....
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Sunday, March 15, 2020 |
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Green Fees – But Not the Golfing Kind
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4083 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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...per visitor, per stay charges the money from which goes to protect and preserve the environment....
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Saturday, March 14, 2020 |
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Hawaii Property Taxes per Capita--$1,236
By Tax Foundation @ 11:59 PM :: 3237 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...How Much Does Your State Collect in Property Taxes per Capita?....
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Friday, March 13, 2020 |
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Corona Virus Reality Check
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:03 PM :: 3262 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Taxes
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...It’s time to discard its big-spending plans and focus on ways to help the economy recover quickly....
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020 |
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Is Hawaii Prepared for a Recession?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:56 PM :: 3684 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Taxes
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... the "coronavirus recession" and what Hawaii can do financially to cope with it ....
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Monday, March 9, 2020 |
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Crossover: Republican Legislative Update
By Brett Kulbis @ 3:56 AM :: 3106 Views :: Republican Party, Taxes
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...Legislators propose to pile on the taxes....
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Sunday, March 8, 2020 |
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Just a Technical Change
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3735 Views :: Law Enforcement, Taxes, Tourism
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...the Department of Taxation, is behind a few of them....
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Friday, March 6, 2020 |
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UHERO: Making a High-Quality State Revenue/Tax System
By UHERO @ 7:47 PM :: 2713 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Hawaii citizens can count on seeing a slew of bills introduced to raise taxes on somebody....
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