Tax Credits

...HSDC today announced the State of Hawaii’s $4.5 million commitment to Startup Capital Ventures II....

Let’s use the discussion over this credit to help us all determine what time it is....

...You’ll never see it as a line item in the budget....

Biofuels made with corn residue actually release 7 percent more greenhouse gas....

Many well-known people such as Governors Lingle and Abercrombie, Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, Blue Planet Foundation's Henk Rogers, and Hawaii's only billionaire Pierre Omidyar have Sopogy egg on their face....

...Washington cronies dole out special treatment to certain companies....

...a windfall gain for the typically wealthy households able to take advantage of the situation....

One of the bills now making its way through the Legislature concerns the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit....

This was actually Plan B, after an embarrassing failed attempt to go public in 2010....

Located in Kawaihae on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii, 35 miles north of Kailua-Kona, the assets are being marketed in a sealed bid offering that closes at 5:00 p.m. (PT)on April 4....

A few weeks ago this column spoke out against tax credits....

Among the proposals being considered are a low-income credit; a food and excise tax credit; a low-income household renters’ credit; an earned income tax credit; and a special tax credit for seniors....

...“tax exclusions,” “tax exemptions,” “tax deferrals,” “preferential tax rates,” and “tax credits”....

Xtreme Power...announced today that it filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11....

A total of 17,609 solar installations with more than 129 megawatts capacity were added....

...high-income and low-income filers had large tax expenditures, while middle-income taxpayers had smaller expenditures....

...Jeff Davis has filled papers with the Campaign Spending Commission to form a campaign committee to run for governor....

State retirees should be afraid, be very afraid....

When the PTC was last extended, in January 2013, Congress changed the criteria. A project only had to be in construction before the expiration date to be eligible for the tax credit....

...impacts on gross state product are estimated to be negative (up to -$63 million)....

...$3.46 million in capital improvement project (CIP) funds for the Hawaii Film Studio, including a new production and multipurpose building....

... another legislative session looms large on the horizon ....

In this week’s Think Tech broadcast, Grassroot President Keli’i Akina and Policy Director Malia Hill join host Jay Fidell ....

...how is the new health care initiative going to affect businesses?

...the vast majority of installations are demanded by households with the median income and higher....

...magnesium melts at 1202 degrees Fahrenheit and antimony melts at 1166 degrees Fahrenheit.....

A family-owned North Carolina-based manufacturer is calling upon the US federal government and governors from five states to probe the reasons why Hoku Corporation and its major partner in the project, Tianwei have failed to pay its debts and review its investment practices into foreign owned businesses....

Blue Planet Foundation first annual Energy Report Card for Hawai‘i....

We would like to invite to you apply for up to $1M....

The new policy outlines the State of Hawaii’s commitment to make long-term investments in technology to enable an integrated system based on clean energy resources....

...those lost revenues resulted in lawmakers having to raise additional revenue....

As of July 1,  Hawaii has a new, expanded production tax credit, which grants motion pictures, digital media and film productions, an income tax credit of 20-25 percent....

Tsutsui will sign the following bills passed by the 2013 Hawaii State Legislature....

The reaction to last week’s commentary could only be described as shrill....

Recently the Chair of the House Finance Committee announced that she will be reviewing the practice of setting up special funds....

Americans have no idea how much taxpayers and consumers, through higher energy bills, are spending to subsidize all of those green energy projects....

...out of $668.1 million in tax credits claimed in tax year 2011, the Service disallowed only $11 million, and failed to find a single case of fraud....

...lawmakers are beginning to shy away from adopting tax credits....

More than $1.2 billion in cash payments has been awarded to renewable energy projects since the beginning of the year....

The phrase “corporate welfare” usually leads people to clench their pocketbooks a little bit tighter....

... as quickly as demands for repeal of Act 55 were heard, legislators introduced a bill establishing bills to establish a Public Private Partnership Authority ....

we, mere mortals, cannot predict what the prize industry of the future will be....