Taxes

..."the cumulative effect for the economy from having our regulatory leviathan" is $1.8 trillion per year....

...Liu submitted false invoices to be paid from the state after being awarded a state contract to start a certified redemption center....

...FTA is reconsidering its recovery plan due date (to allow this to stretch into the Legislative session so Caldwell can use it to push a GE Tax hike)....

“Our goal is to design a system for highways funding"

Our review of states’ fiscal health reveals crippling deficits and pension liabilities that could lead to future tax hikes, service cuts or both....

...it is very tempting when lawmakers find a large cache of unused money....

...the math is so simple that even a Mayor could do it....

...it’s daunting to add up the numbers that are being bandied about....

Hawaii lawmakers will likely attempt to raise taxes next year to pay for new record spending levels....

...expected to be in the millions of dollars....

The special treatment applies only to subcontractors....

...the combined federal, state, and local rate paid by the taxpayer on capital gains income....

...a tax bill that tries to reverse progress made toward fairness and taxpayer rights....

...roughly $44 million less than projected....

Now that the rail project is facing a short fall of at least $1.5 billion, using Caldwell's own math, it means the mayor needs to increase real property tax rates by at least 50% to 65% ....

Some of the most common excise taxes include gas taxes, cigarette taxes, and taxes on the purchase of beer, wine, and liquor....

...the Code doesn’t require an earmarked tax before an agency can commit....

The sales taxes in Hawaii and South Dakota have bases that include many services and so are not strictly comparable to other sales taxes....

“There are ... concerns about the legality of 2015’s Act 204.... It is our hope that Governor Ige will allow HB 1850 to become law...."

...the Department has been raking in the retail rate GET from both the charities and the catering providers....

Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28 percent....

Someone needs to take remedial action before the thermonuclear bomb hits....

The share of infrastructure expenditures funded by tolls, user fees, and user taxes ranges from 14.3 percent in Alaska to 79.8 percent in Hawaii....

...making the shipping more expensive and thereby directly adding to the cost of living....

... California's wine tax is only $0.20 ....

Compared to taxes on alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer, distilled spirits are taxed at much higher rates....

For a short while earlier this year, it looked as though the $144 million in the state’s bond-financed Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) account might actually get used....

A U.S. Supreme Court case decided in April shows us the extent to which some tax agencies will go in order to enforce their laws....

...In addition to the federal estate tax of 40 percent....

Every day, ten men go out for dinner....

This paper examines Hawaii’s recent effort at developing a model to allocate the state’s transient accommodation tax....

...two studies that serve as guides for legislators, the media, and the public as to the state of marijuana taxation today and the implications of taxing marijuana in the future....

Illinois has the nation’s highest median property tax rate at 2.67 percent, according to new data from CoreLogic, while Hawaii has the lowest median property tax rate at 0.31 percent....

... marijuana providers with high startup costs are not allowed to deduct any of them or any routine business expenses ....

... Sign this petition opposing Bill 165 so that I may share it with the Council members when we discuss the tax increase in the Finance Committee on May 3 ....

...Hawaii collects $1,232 per person in income taxes....

On Friday, April 1, April Fool’s Day, a respectable delegation of county politicians gathered in the House Finance Committee hearing room....

...and the highest total sales and gross receipts tax as percentage of personal income....

...Grassroot Institute says state tax burden continues to stifle economic growth in Hawaii....

December 31, 2015 not only marked the end of the top Hawaii individual income tax rates, but also of some fuel tax provisions....

...Americans will collectively spend more on taxes in 2016 than they will on food, clothing, and housing combined....

...contrasting state and local tax rates with the quality of the services provided....

One of the more interesting bills still alive and being considered this session, is one that would commission a study on the effects of Hawaii’s low real property taxes....

Interview with David Friedman, an economist and professor of law at Santa Clara University....

...Hawaii Cigarette Taxes are $3.20 per pack....

Citing higher property tax valuations this year....

"Judge Nacino’s ruling doesn’t say that no problem exists, but just says that his court isn’t the one that can fix it”

...The hearing will be WEDNESDAY at 10:30am in room 309 at the State Capitol....

...some project that vapor products will surpass traditional cigarettes in consumption over the next decade....