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Tuesday, March 12, 2019 |
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Road Usage Charge: HDoT Community Meetings on Latest Tax Hike Scheme
By News Release @ 7:42 PM :: 4221 Views :: Taxes
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...The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will hold 14 community meetings across the state to get public feedback on the concept of a road usage charge....
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Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
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GET increase will add to Hawaii’s high cost of living
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:34 PM :: 5483 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...The Hawaii Legislature is considering a bill to add 0.5 percent to the 4 percent state general excise tax....
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Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
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Can’t You Spare Half a Penny for Education?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4395 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...what we really need to do is fix the inefficiency....
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Friday, March 8, 2019 |
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GE Tax Hike a Lose-Lose Proposition
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:46 PM :: 4375 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The Hawaii Legislature seems to have learned the wrong lesson from last year’s constitutional amendment debate....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Hits Poor 255% Harder than Rich
By Selected News Articles @ 1:30 AM :: 4455 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii GE Tax takes 8.43% of income from low income families but only 3.31% from high income families -- 2nd most regressive in USA....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019 |
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It's legislative season again, so taxpayers beware!
By Video @ 1:02 AM :: 3299 Views :: Taxes
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...Tom Yamachika gives us a round up of the latest proposals to raise taxes on Hawaii residents....
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Monday, March 4, 2019 |
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City-Funded Survey Tries Out Excuses for Tax Hikes
By News Release @ 5:18 PM :: 5410 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Taxes
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...Residents were presented with a list of eight potential projects and asked their level of support for each, even if it involved raising taxes or fees....
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Sunday, March 3, 2019 |
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Beware of Tax Software?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3726 Views :: Taxes
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...individuals, gritting and gnashing their teeth, scour through their financial records and begin the arduous process....
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Friday, March 1, 2019 |
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Help People Save by Cutting Their Taxes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:41 PM :: 5395 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Multiple bills heard this session have revolved around encouraging residents to save. The details vary, but there’s a common theme: The state wants to be your local bank....
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Thursday, February 28, 2019 |
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SB1009 Negates Public Health Benefits of Vaping
By Selected News Articles @ 4:16 AM :: 6260 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... SB1009 threatens the efficacy of a tobacco harm reduction tool that has helped millions of adult Americans quit smoking cigarettes ....
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Friday, February 22, 2019 |
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"Everyone" cannot afford another GET surcharge
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:07 PM :: 5823 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education, Taxes
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...Senate Bill 1474 proposes levying a 0.5 percent surcharge on the general excise and use tax in order to provide a “dedicated funding source” for the DOE and the University of Hawaii....
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Thursday, February 21, 2019 |
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Hawaii State Income Tax 9th Highest Collection Per Capita
By Tax Foundation @ 4:29 PM :: 4207 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...the Hawaii State Personal Income Tax vacuums up $1,481 per person....
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Sunday, February 17, 2019 |
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Squirreling Away Money at the Dept. of Transportation
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4945 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...The auditor found that they have lots of money lying around. More than $120 million in accounts that haven’t been even touched for five years....
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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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Not too late to hold rail accountable
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:47 PM :: 4776 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes
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...New York and California killed off expensive rail projects--Hawaii can too....
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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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12,000 Leave Hawaii: Five Can Bring Them Back
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:26 AM :: 4707 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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...‘Perry & The Posse’ hosts Keli'i Akina on morning radio show....
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Creativity Abounds at our Legislature, Pt. 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 2911 Views :: Taxes
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...creative tax-related bills at our legislature....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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Gas Tax? HDOT Doesn't Spend the Money it Already Has
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:09 PM :: 3011 Views :: Taxes
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...Hawaii residents paid an average of 65.32 cents per gallon in combined gas taxes in 2018....
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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Hawaii: Highest Sales Taxes Per Capita in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 2:06 PM :: 4306 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...In fiscal year 2017, the highest state sales tax collections per capita were found in Hawaii -- $2,269....
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Tuesday, February 5, 2019 |
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Hawaii's dangerous idea: Allowing people to smoke is equivalent to killing them
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 PM :: 5516 Views :: Health Care, Life, Taxes
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...This way of thinking could justify government intervention in nearly all aspects of a person's life....
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Sunday, February 3, 2019 |
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Honolulu Ranks 72nd for Fiscal Health
By News Release @ 5:14 PM :: 6261 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes
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...Honolulu has a Taxpayer Burden of $23,000, earning it an "F" grade....
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Sunday, February 3, 2019 |
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Tax Hike Creativity Abounds at our Legislature
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 2992 Views :: Taxes
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...This year, our legislature once again is poised to consider revenue raising – namely, taxes in new and creative ways....
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Thursday, January 31, 2019 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Hits 105.08% of Personal Income
By Tax Foundation @ 3:18 AM :: 4434 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii's GE Tax base is more than triple the average sales tax base for US states....
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019 |
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Hawaii receives mixed grades on tobacco prevention and cessation
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 5004 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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...American Lung Association ‘State of Tobacco Control’ Report Finds Hawaii Must Do More to Prevent, Reduce Tobacco Use....
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Sunday, January 27, 2019 |
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Public pension crisis? We're on it!
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:14 PM :: 5404 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...How to resolve Hawaii’s public pension debt crisis....
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Sunday, January 27, 2019 |
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Ask Not for Whom the H-1 Tolls…
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4388 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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...Recently, we have heard the term “congestion pricing” bandied about as a way of improving traffic congestion here, and of raising more money....
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Friday, January 25, 2019 |
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Felony Tax Violations: Honolulu DUI Attorney Pleads Guilty
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 4396 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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...Noah Fiddler's sentencing is scheduled for May 2, 2019....
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Thursday, January 24, 2019 |
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Why are Climate Alliance governors in states with bad financial conditions?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:16 PM :: 4728 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...the average per-Taxpayer Burden for these 15 states runs almost $24,000—more than four times the average for the other 35 states....
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Thursday, January 24, 2019 |
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Hawaii 6th Highest Tax Collections Per Capita
By Tax Foundation @ 2:00 AM :: 3985 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii: State and Local Taxes rake in $6,467 per capita....
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Friday, January 18, 2019 |
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How we can keep our children in Hawaii?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:52 PM :: 5648 Views :: Economy, Jones Act, Taxes
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...Senate President Ron Kouchi talked about how his “greatest passion was to create a Hawaii where each and every one one of our children could come home.”....
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 |
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Hawaii Tax Structure Uniquely Anti-Manufacturing
By Tax Foundation @ 8:42 PM :: 4876 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...Hawaii, a state with a sales tax base so broad that it applies to more than the state’s entire economy, taxes not just the machinery businesses use to manufacture goods, but also the raw materials used in manufacturing....
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Friday, January 11, 2019 |
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Hawaii's coming recession--Are legislators Listening?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:03 PM :: 5464 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...The economic boom of the last few years allowed them to continue spending at high levels, and many of them would like to keep it that way....
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Saturday, January 5, 2019 |
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Auditor: Conveyance Tax Money Misspent by DLNR
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 8:05 PM :: 7127 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Land Use, Taxes
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...In 2005, the Legislature provided the land conservation program with a dedicated funding source – ten percent of conveyance tax collected...here's what happened next....
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Friday, January 4, 2019 |
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Happy New Year, Hawaii, now pay up!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:30 PM :: 3719 Views :: Taxes
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... Perhaps most notable are the increases in the general excise tax on Kauai and Hawaii Island ....
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Sunday, December 30, 2018 |
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No, Killing a Special Fund Doesn’t Kill People
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5049 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...DLNR needs to understand that the money in these funds isn’t “their” money. It’s taxpayer money....
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Sunday, December 23, 2018 |
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Carbon Tax: Will You Fiddle While Paris Burns?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 7278 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...If enacted, the carbon tax would be the fifth special tax imposed on fuel....
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Friday, December 21, 2018 |
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Supreme Court Releases Opinion Striking Down HSTA Property Tax ConAm
By News Release @ 2:35 AM :: 5929 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...the question posed to voters must be clear and neither misleading nor deceptive....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2018 |
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Cato: Ige 3rd-Worst Governor in USA
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 7670 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Rail, Taxes
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...The Cato Institute has released its 14th biennial fiscal report card on the governors....
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Monday, December 17, 2018 |
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National Report: Hawaii Ranks 13th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 5917 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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...Hawaii is spending $4.5 million this year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is just 32.9 percent of the $13.7 million recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
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Sunday, December 16, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 4)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5483 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...We continue with our series about a timeshare association suing Maui County seeking to invalidate its “Time Share” property classification, with the county then striking back....
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018 |
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Hawaii Cell Phone Taxes 7.75%
By Tax Foundation @ 11:50 PM :: 5180 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii ranks 44th in USA ....
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Sunday, December 9, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 3)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5552 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...We continue with our series about a timeshare association suing the county, with the county then back assessing the association for $10 million....
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Sunday, December 2, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 2)
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5641 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...Timeshare association sues county; county then back assesses association for $10 million....
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Thursday, November 29, 2018 |
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Details of the Horrible Carbon Tax Bill
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 8:11 AM :: 7803 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Establishes a creepy DC-based "Carbon Dividend Trust Fund" that seeks a backdoor two-child limit on families....
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Thursday, November 29, 2018 |
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To ‘Change Society’ -- Hawaii Climate Commission Pushes For State Carbon Tax
By News Release @ 1:47 AM :: 8314 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Any carbon-pricing mechanism should be “adequate to change behavior.” The commission had considered asking that it be “practical” as well, but Sen. Karl Rhoads convinced the members that was a bad idea….
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018 |
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Connected: Rail, Pensions, and Vacation Rentals
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:48 PM :: 6574 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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...Keli'i Akina and Joe Kent discuss the latest research by the Grassroot Institute on rail, vacation rentals and the unfunded liabilty of Hawaii's public pension system....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 1)
By Tom Yamachika @ 2:03 PM :: 5658 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...a long and hotly litigated property tax case from Maui....
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Thursday, November 22, 2018 |
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Honolulu Tax Evader a Big Deal in Guam, Micronesia
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 8016 Views :: National News, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Taxes
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...Businessman convicted of tax fraud has Guam, Micronesia deals....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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Hawaii: Nobody Has More Individual Income Tax Brackets
By Tax Foundation @ 10:38 AM :: 4397 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii has 12 brackets, the most of any state, followed by California and Missouri, each with 10....
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 |
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GE Tax Receipts Down 0.7%
By News Release @ 3:19 PM :: 3759 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...but income tax is up 12.4% and TAT is up 16.7%....
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