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Entries for 'Tom Yamachika'
| 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 :: 6176 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 :: 5117 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 :: 4684 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 :: 6975 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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| Sunday, March 23, 2014 |
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If You Want a Tax Appeal, Beware the Weekend
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4809 Views :: Taxes
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Once in a while people fight with taxing agencies about their taxes....
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| Sunday, March 16, 2014 |
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Mayors Are Still After GE Tax Surcharge Authority
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4674 Views :: Taxes
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This bill is still alive and it represents probably the largest TAX INCREASE still moving.....
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| Sunday, March 9, 2014 |
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Whither the Independent Appeals Officer?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5193 Views :: Taxes
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Appeals officers help over 100,000 taxpayers each year resolve their tax disputes with the IRS....
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| Sunday, March 2, 2014 |
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Well Then, How Do We Stimulate Business?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5342 Views :: Tax Credits
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A few weeks ago this column spoke out against tax credits....
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| Sunday, February 23, 2014 |
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Can We Best Help the Poor by Making Their Lives Complicated?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 8875 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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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....
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| Sunday, February 16, 2014 |
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I Thought There Was Only One Beast to Feed
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4360 Views :: Taxes
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When you and I pay our taxes, we probably expect that the money we pay in will be used toward any and all legitimate financial needs of the state....
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| Sunday, February 9, 2014 |
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You Like Tax Credits, Why Don’t We?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5113 Views :: Tax Credits
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Those who seek to enlarge or expand those credits at the legislature frequently find the Tax Foundation opposed. Why is that?
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| Sunday, February 2, 2014 |
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I Need a Gun, Mommy, but I won't use it (now)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4646 Views :: Taxes
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Recently the mayors of our four large counties all got together in what has been described as their annual pilgrimage to the legislature....
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| Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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Tax Foundation of Hawaii: We are Still Here, and Life Goes On
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5423 Views :: Taxes
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There was only one Lowell Kalapa, and he is now in a place where there are no taxes....
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