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Friday, June 11, 2021 |
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Another Hawaii Couple Indicted in Sovereignty-Related Tax Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 4600 Views :: Law Enforcement, Taxes
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... The Hawvers and the Chocks were plaintiffs alongside Rose Dradi, a Keanu Sai-Dexter Kiama collaborator, in a now-dismissed Sept 7, 2018 lawsuit claiming the IRS had no legal authority to collect taxes from them ....
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
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DLNR: Tourists Must Pay $20 to Go Fish
By News Release @ 2:12 AM :: 3129 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... Today, Gov. David Ige signed House Bill 1023 into law. It establishes and requires a marine recreational fishing license for all non-Hawai‘i residents ....
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
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HB1019: Ige Signs $30M Fee Hike on Dive Tours
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 3157 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... Depending on tourism numbers, the user fee could generate anywhere from $14 million to more than $30 million over 15 years ....
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Sunday, June 6, 2021 |
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Enjoying Your Maui Resort Condo? Now Pay Up!
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2855 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... Some taxpayers on Maui are getting a nasty surprise this year because they didn’t do anything, and their real property tax rate doubled ....
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Thursday, June 3, 2021 |
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Taxes: How Hawaii Can Gouge Teleworkers
By News Release @ 5:52 AM :: 2473 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... Taxing teleworking income from different states ....
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Sunday, May 16, 2021 |
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General Excise Exemptions to be Shut Off for Two Years?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3671 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... “Frankenbill” House Bill 58 has cleared the Legislature and is on the Governor’s desk waiting to become law ....
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Highest In USA
By Tax Foundation @ 11:39 PM :: 2649 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... In fiscal year (FY) 2018, the highest state sales tax collections per capita were found in Hawaii ($2,694) ....
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Sunday, May 9, 2021 |
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State/Federal Changes in Income Tax Coming
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2582 Views :: Taxes
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... Income tax is a complicated enough subject already ....
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Friday, May 7, 2021 |
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These Tax Bills Got Sent to the Governor - Hold on to your wallets!
By Video @ 3:24 AM :: 2681 Views :: Taxes
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... There were significant changes in net income tax, exemptions suspended for the GET, a new 3% bump for the transient accommodations tax, tripling and quadrupling tax rates for conveyances of real property, and more ....
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021 |
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Hawaii Corporate Tax Costs Compared to 50 States
By Tax Foundation @ 11:42 PM :: 2576 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Manufacturing faces exceedingly high rates of taxation in Hawaii, but some other firms benefit from generous incentives, reducing tax costs or even yielding negative rates of tax ....
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Sunday, May 2, 2021 |
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Counties, the TAT Is Now Your Problem Too!
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2364 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... For many years, the counties and the State have been bickering about how much support from the State’s transient accommodations tax (TAT) they should get ....
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 |
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Hawaii Individual Income Tax $1,711 per person
By Tax Foundation @ 6:47 PM :: 2776 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii 9th-Highest State and Local Individual Income Tax Collections Per Capita ....
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 |
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Maui, Kauai Mayors to Pursue TAT Tax Hike
By News Release @ 5:24 AM :: 3512 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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... House Bill 862 authorizes counties to impose a new hotel room tax of up to 3% ....
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Saturday, April 24, 2021 |
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How to tell which bills to veto
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:34 PM :: 2720 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... the spotlight is moving toward Gov. David Ige ....
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Saturday, April 24, 2021 |
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Modernizing Rental Car and Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Taxes for a Post-Pandemic Future
By Tax Foundation @ 6:21 PM :: 2669 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... Hawaii’s Department of Taxation adopted rules in February 2021 to levy the state’s rental car tax onto peer-to-peer car sharing by interpreting car sharing platforms as being the lessor of the vehicles on the marketplace ....
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Sunday, April 18, 2021 |
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Is the Pacific Ocean now “ceded land?”
By Andrew Walden @ 11:46 PM :: 4082 Views :: OHA, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... HB1019, creating a new OHA revenue stream at the expense of small dive-tour businesses, is quietly heading to conference committee ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Hawaii State and Local Taxes $7,332 per person
By Tax Foundation @ 2:59 AM :: 2803 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii taxes 5th highest in USA ....
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Sunday, April 11, 2021 |
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Bride of Frankenbill
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2455 Views :: Taxes
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... our lawmakers are not stopping at just one Frankenbill ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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2021 Legislature almost pau, and thank goodness for that
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:38 AM :: 2278 Views :: Taxes
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... Nobody's life, liberty or property are ever safe when our lawmakers get together, but there could actually be some bright spots this year ....
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Monday, April 5, 2021 |
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Does ARPA Outlaw Hawaii Tech and Film Tax Credit Expansion?
By Tax Foundation @ 6:28 PM :: 3696 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes, COVID-19
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"...Hawaii increased the cap on its film incentives and decoupled from federal restrictions on research and development tax credits...."
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 |
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Return of the Frankenbill!
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2726 Views :: Taxes
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... assembling bits and pieces from cadavers and then bringing it to life using some unexplained method ....
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Saturday, April 3, 2021 |
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Ige Joins other High-Tax State Governors to Call on Biden to Restore $670B Federal Subsidy
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 2929 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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... State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction Cap forces 11 million rich liberals to pay $670 billion in reparations for their decision to allow tax-and-spend Democrats to run their states, school districts, and municipalities ....
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Friday, April 2, 2021 |
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"Tax the rich" not the answer
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:44 PM :: 2242 Views :: Taxes
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... Why do our legislators never remember that in the Robin Hood stories, the tax collector was a villain? ....
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Highest Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 8:00 PM :: 2892 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... tax burden measures the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes ....
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021 |
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Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3314 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism, COVID-19
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"... The Aa2 rating on the State of Hawaii's general obligation bonds recognizes the significant fiscal challenges posed by the current health and economic crisis...."
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021 |
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Should Hawaii Raise Taxes on 'the Rich'?
By Video @ 4:38 AM :: 2567 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... state policymakers are determined to raise taxes with bills such as SB56 and HB58. They say their hikes are aimed at 'the rich', but they’re not looking at the whole economic picture ....
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Monday, March 29, 2021 |
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Frankenbill: SB56 Tax Hikes Grafted on to HB58
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:12 PM :: 2181 Views :: Taxes
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... three guests invited by Hawaii Public Radio to talk about tax bills at the Legislature this year, including the notorious SB56, many parts of which have now been attached to HB58, creating a “Frankenbill” ....
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Sunday, March 28, 2021 |
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Maintenance of Effort, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2519 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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... SB815 creates a “public education stabilization trust fund” ....
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Friday, March 26, 2021 |
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Hawaii per-capita state tax revenues highest in nation, research shows
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:33 AM :: 3246 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... A Grassroot Institute of Hawaii analysis finds Hawaii residents paid more than double the national average in state taxes during 2020 ....
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Thursday, March 25, 2021 |
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House Budget: Irresponsible record-breaking spending spree
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:34 PM :: 3323 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Keli’i Akina says House members should have aimed to pay off more debt instead of go on a record-breaking spending spree ....
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Tuesday, March 23, 2021 |
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Hawaii: Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment
By Selected News Articles @ 10:23 PM :: 2993 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... do people in high-tax states receive superior government services ....
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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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SB56 tax scare could have long-lasting effect
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:02 PM :: 2563 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... it is doubtful any of Hawaii’s proposed tax increases this year will, if enacted, achieve the goal of increasing state revenues. More likely, they will further damage the economy and prompt even more of our family, friends and neighbors to move away ....
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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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Doctors Tell State of Hawaii: ‘I’m leaving’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 AM :: 9196 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes, COVID-19
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... There are few things more nonsensical than encouraging doctors to leave a state during a pandemic, but that is exactly what the Hawaii State Legislature is doing ....
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Sunday, March 21, 2021 |
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National Attention!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3087 Views :: Taxes
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“...Confiscation in Paradise: Move to Hawaii, pay the nation’s highest state income-tax rate....”
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Saturday, March 20, 2021 |
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"No new taxes"-- Testimony to Hawaii Tax Review Commission
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:28 PM :: 2099 Views :: Taxes
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... the Hawaii Tax Review Commission conducts a systematic review of Hawaii’s tax structure ....
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Friday, March 19, 2021 |
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Grassroot Institute Legislative Update
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:55 AM :: 3696 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Hawaii's Legislature is about halfway through its 2021 session, and if we're lucky, the good will outweigh the bad when it's over ....
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Friday, March 19, 2021 |
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House Finance Committee Approves State Budget – with Amendments
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 2879 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... The $1.6 billion in federal funds allocated to the State in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides a temporary reprieve for the State's financial crisis. ....
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 |
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Raising Hawaii taxes could worsen MD shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:58 PM :: 3513 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... Lawmakers may impose the highest income tax in the nation on Hawaii residents making over $200,000, and this may be damaging to Hawaii's health system ....
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Sunday, March 14, 2021 |
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C’mon, Let’s Soak the Rich!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 2482 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... a kind of crabs-in-the-bucket argument ....
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Friday, March 12, 2021 |
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House Republicans: "Tax Increase Will Hurt Hawaii"
By News Release @ 10:23 PM :: 2447 Views :: Republican Party, Taxes
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"...It's going to discourage economic growth that has already stalled...."
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Friday, March 12, 2021 |
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Hawai'i Senators Bungle Major Tax Vote
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:16 PM :: 2084 Views :: Taxes
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“...Hawaii: First in taxation, last in affordability....”
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Friday, March 12, 2021 |
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Does the American Rescue Plan Ban State Tax Cuts?
By Tax Foundation @ 1:47 PM :: 2357 Views :: Taxes, COVID-19
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... Some states have experienced meaningful revenue declines. But many don’t have losses to offset, so they would have to identify other ways to spend a large infusion of one-time money ....
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Friday, March 12, 2021 |
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Public outrage grows after Senators OK huge tax hike
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:16 AM :: 3130 Views :: Taxes
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... SB56 contains so many tax increases it's hard to fathom, yet at the end of the day, only one Hawaii senator opposed it ....
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Sunday, March 7, 2021 |
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The Enola Gay Has Left the Hangar
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2270 Views :: Taxes
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... Senate Bill 56, with the ominous title “Relating to Revenue Generation,” has been granted its first hearing by the Senate Ways and Means Committee ....
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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Tax proposals defy common sense
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:01 PM :: 2336 Views :: Taxes
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... The Hawai'i Legislature may be hard at work, but it looks like common sense is on vacation ....
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021 |
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Ige Signs Bill Lowering Unemployment Tax
By News Release @ 8:24 PM :: 3220 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... The measure allows employers to pay, on average, less than half of what they would otherwise pay into the system ....
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021 |
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VIDEO: What to watch out for at the Legislature
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:50 AM :: 2204 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Lawmakers are planning to increase taxes and regulations this year, but there are better ways to help Hawaii's economy prosper ....
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Monday, March 1, 2021 |
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HB1314: Grabs TAT from Counties
By Tax Foundation @ 8:13 PM :: 2342 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... Repeals the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenue to the counties ....
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