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Entries for 'Tom Yamachika'
Sunday, March 8, 2015 |
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Pay Your Money and Take Your Chances!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6212 Views :: Gambling, Taxes
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In Hawaii a number of us are fascinated with gambling....
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Sunday, March 1, 2015 |
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GE Tax: Piling On!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5021 Views :: Taxes
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The Legislature is considering several bills that would add increases or surcharges to the Hawaii General Excise Tax (GET)....
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 |
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Our Best Export – Our Taxes!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4570 Views :: Taxes
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...we are exporting around 15%-20% of our general excise tax....
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Sunday, February 15, 2015 |
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Hotels as Renters
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5629 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Sales taxes in most states leave rent alone, but our General Excise Tax (GET) taxes it....
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Sunday, February 8, 2015 |
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HB1307: Fair Taxation?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5420 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...HB1307, introduced by Rep Kaniela Ing, raises income taxes on middle class families by 12%....
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Sunday, February 1, 2015 |
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Source Shifting
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4114 Views :: Taxes
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All state income tax systems in the United States, including ours, have a set of rules that are used to figure out which state has the primary right to tax income....
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Sunday, January 25, 2015 |
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How Progressive Is Our System?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5591 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) has released a report. ranking the states in terms of how progressive their tax systems are....
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Sunday, January 18, 2015 |
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The Ten Percent Solution
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4718 Views :: Taxes
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The state has been draining money out of the rail surcharge. Lots of money....
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Sunday, January 11, 2015 |
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Earned Income Tax Credit – A Solution to Poverty?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4380 Views :: Tax Credits
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...According to a report by the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, it lifts more families out of poverty than any other federal policy....
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Sunday, January 4, 2015 |
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Lottery as the Most Practical Path to Wealth?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5983 Views :: Gambling, Taxes
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...In 2005, a survey asked a sample of 1,000 adult Americans what would be the most practical way for them to accumulate several hundred thousand dollars....
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Sunday, December 28, 2014 |
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Hawaii GET: Another Perspective
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4293 Views :: Taxes
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...“policy measures and costs impacting small business and entrepreneurship.”....
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Sunday, December 21, 2014 |
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London Mayor’s Unpaid Tax Bill
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4447 Views :: Taxes
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Recently he made news by publicly saying he absolutely won’t pay his U.S. taxes....
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Sunday, December 14, 2014 |
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A Cliff in Hawaii Income Tax, Too
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4188 Views :: Taxes
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...when a Hawaii taxpayer reaches $200,000 in federal adjusted gross income, a number of bad things happen that, in total, can result in a marginal tax rate of 367,100% on that last dollar....
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Sunday, December 7, 2014 |
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End Run Around Nexus
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4417 Views :: Taxes
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We continue our series of pending U.S. Supreme Court cases....
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Sunday, November 30, 2014 |
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The Tax Credit That Should Not Die
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4726 Views :: Tax Credits
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Note to lawmakers: No touch!
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Sunday, November 23, 2014 |
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Who’s the Boss, Anyway?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4344 Views :: Taxes
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Under the TBOR, tax increases and significant government borrowing had to be presented to the voters before they could take effect....
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Sunday, November 16, 2014 |
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The 2015 State Business Tax Climate Index
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:01 AM :: 5075 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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The Tax Foundation just released its 2015 State Business Tax Climate Index....
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Monday, November 10, 2014 |
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Un-Taxis?
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:24 AM :: 3984 Views :: Honolulu County
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Big names in the market are Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar....
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Sunday, November 2, 2014 |
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The Great Pension Debate
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5267 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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Other states don’t have anything like these exceptions....
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Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
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What Will It Take to Grow GDP? (Part 3)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5779 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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...Hawaii fell eight rungs from last year, tying the great state of New Jersey for the honor of being the least improved state....
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Sunday, October 19, 2014 |
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What Will It Take to Grow GDP? (Part 2)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4321 Views :: Economy
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As of June 30, 2013, Hawaii’s 11% top individual rate was second only to California....
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Sunday, October 12, 2014 |
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What Will It Take to Grow Hawaii's GDP?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5312 Views :: Economy, Taxes
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Elections are happening every day. People are constantly voting, with their dollars and with their feet....
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Sunday, October 5, 2014 |
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Falling Off the Cliff
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4179 Views :: Taxes
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"wheeeeeee...splat."
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Sunday, September 28, 2014 |
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The Second Most Unfair Tax System? Really?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5294 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...the study ranked Hawaii’s tax system 49th out of 50, in the order of fairness....
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Sunday, September 21, 2014 |
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Timing Isn't Everything: How to Lose Your Solar Tax Credit
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6183 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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This week’s illustration of how timing is important involves the Hawaii Renewable Energy Technologies credit....
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Sunday, September 14, 2014 |
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Timing Isn't Everything, It's the Only Thing
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3928 Views :: Taxes
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...poor timing can lead to tremendously bad results in Hawaii's tax system....
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Sunday, September 7, 2014 |
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State-Provided Targeted Benefits: Help or Harm?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3685 Views :: Taxes
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...State governments, including ours, are increasingly using targeted benefits, such as tax credits and exemptions, to attract companies....
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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REIT – A New Kind of Tax Shelter?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4872 Views :: Taxes
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What qualifies as real estate for REIT purposes is an issue that recently has been in the news....
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Sunday, August 24, 2014 |
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Filing Close to Deadline? Get a Receipt!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4208 Views :: Taxes
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Mr. and Mrs. Stocker waited until the day their taxes were due....
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Sunday, August 17, 2014 |
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Flying High
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5274 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Airline passengers are considered an easy group to tax....
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 |
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Do We Really Want to Starve the Golden Goose?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4685 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Department of Taxation employees were able to answer the phone only 59% of the time in 2013....
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Sunday, August 3, 2014 |
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Everywhere...and Perversely Fair
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 3810 Views :: Taxes
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...Our Hawaii Supreme Court said that it reaches "virtually every economic activity imaginable"....
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 |
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Inversion: Is it Fair to Vote with Your Feet?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 3960 Views :: Taxes
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...“inversion” occurs when a U.S. company merges with a foreign company and moves its headquarters to the foreign country....
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Sunday, July 20, 2014 |
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HB2427: One Stroke of the Pen
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6058 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Labor
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...the CLEAR facility is located at UH West Oahu, and that campus testifies that it is okay with scrapping the CLEAR fund....
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Sunday, July 13, 2014 |
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Would You Be Shocked?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6163 Views :: Energy, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii's power prices are among the highest in the nation as well. Not surprisingly, one of the big reasons for this is taxation....
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Sunday, July 6, 2014 |
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Winner and Still Champ! Oh, No!!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6777 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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The old saying "nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there" seems to sum up employment conditions in Hawaii....
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Sunday, June 29, 2014 |
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We’ve Been Bracket Creeped!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4239 Views :: Taxes
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...in 1978 when Hawaii adopted its present system of conforming to the federal Internal Revenue Code, inflation adjustments were left off the table....
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Sunday, June 22, 2014 |
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How Hawaii Can Grow the Pie
By Tom Yamachika @ 3:10 PM :: 4210 Views :: Taxes
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What it would take to help the state create a governing and regulatory climate that would bring in more revenue without raising taxes....
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Sunday, June 15, 2014 |
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It's All About Delivering Value
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3701 Views :: Taxes
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When you think about paying taxes, most people seem to think that it's about the same as throwing money down a rathole....
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Sunday, June 8, 2014 |
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What Happens in Vegas...Moves to Vegas
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4164 Views :: Taxes
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...between 1995 and 2000 roughly 12,000 people moved from Hawaii to Nevada, and about 1,850 moved from Nevada to Hawaii....
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Sunday, June 1, 2014 |
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The Hawaiian Tribe--Taxes
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4320 Views :: Taxes
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We certainly hope that no one is thinking that the citizens of the reconstituted Kingdom living on state lands, and taking advantages of the benefits and services offered by the state and federal governments, will then claim they don’t have to pay for them....
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Sunday, May 25, 2014 |
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Time for the Kapalama Terminal Credit
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4683 Views :: Tax Credits
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Let’s use the discussion over this credit to help us all determine what time it is....
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Sunday, May 18, 2014 |
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The Turtle Bay Gut and Replace Bill
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6840 Views :: Environment, Development, Hawaii State Government
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...something remarkable happened in the last days of our legislative session....
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Sunday, May 11, 2014 |
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To Err Is Human – And Then We Can Really Mess Things Up
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3706 Views :: Taxes
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One feature of our legislative session is that a lot of work needs to get done in a short amount of time. When that happens, there are “oops” moments....
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Sunday, May 4, 2014 |
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So You Want A Stable Funding Source?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3776 Views :: Taxes
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This week we look at the term “stable funding source.” In business, there is no such thing....
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Sunday, April 27, 2014 |
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Do You Know the Meaning of ‘Temporary’?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4118 Views :: Taxes
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Yes, to you and me it’s a common word. But in the world of Hawaii tax it seems to have an entirely different meaning....
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Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
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C’mon, Mr Producer, Do You Even Know What All The Laws Are?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4831 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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One of the bills now making its way through the Legislature concerns the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit....
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Sunday, April 13, 2014 |
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What’s The Streamlined Sales Tax Project – And Should We Jump In?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4199 Views :: Taxes
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This problem could be solved if Congress steps in....
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Sunday, April 6, 2014 |
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Tax Return Extensions – Not an Occasion to Punt on Working the Numbers
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3721 Views :: Taxes
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If you didn't, the computer will take away your extension retroactively. And it will probably hit you with 25% penalties, and interest on top of that....
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Sunday, March 30, 2014 |
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But Shouldn’t We Do Something About the Two Gorillas in the Bar?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5539 Views :: Labor, Taxes
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At June 30, 2013, ERS had an “unfunded actuarial accrued liability” of about $8.4 billion. For EUTF, the number was about $18.2 billion....
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