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Sunday, October 25, 2015 |
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Ten Million Words and Counting
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3711 Views :: Taxes
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...today, the federal tax code is roughly six times as long as it was in 1955, while federal tax regulations are about 2.5 times as long....
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Saturday, October 24, 2015 |
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Taxpayers Sue Hawaii for Rail Money Grab
By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 AM :: 5020 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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Hawaii has grabbed tens of millions of dollars from Honolulu County taxpayers and diverted it to the general fund, rather than using it for a mass transit rail project as intended....
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Thursday, October 22, 2015 |
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Rail Surcharge: Necessary and Proper?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:23 PM :: 4809 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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Sylvia Luke wants it as a slush fund to purchase Ali’i Place. Ernie Martin wants it to build affordable housing....
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Friday, October 16, 2015 |
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IRS Report Reveals Average Property Tax Deductions in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 PM :: 4568 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...the average property tax deduction taken on the Schedule A, per tax return, for each county....
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Sunday, October 11, 2015 |
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Taking a Homeowner’s Exemption for a Home You Can’t Live In
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3806 Views :: Taxes
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On April 13 this year, Bill 36 was introduced in the Honolulu City Council....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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#5 in USA: Hawaii Collects $4361 Taxes Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 1:08 AM :: 4072 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Today’s map looks at state tax collections per capita....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Promising Too Much Endangers Hawaii's Fiscal Health
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:48 AM :: 4311 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...when a child is born in Hawaii, he or she can count on $26,500 in debt that the state owes per citizen....
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Monday, October 5, 2015 |
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US Scores Near Bottom in International Tax Competitiveness
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:18 AM :: 3374 Views :: Taxes
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The US came in 32nd out of 34 OECD countries, topping only Italy and France....
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Thursday, October 1, 2015 |
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Fresh off Obamacare Disaster, Obama Orders Hawaii Legislators to Impose Family Leave Mandate on Employers
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 7643 Views :: Higher Education, Small Business, Taxes, Obama
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The President urged the lawmakers to adopt his domestic economic agenda at the state level because he doesn’t expect Congress to take much action for the remainder of his presidency....
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
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Online Travel Companies Pay $53.1M Hawaii Tax Judgment
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 4463 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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including Travelocity.Com, LLP, Expedia, Inc., Orbitz, LLC, and Priceline.Com, LLP....
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Sunday, September 27, 2015 |
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Captive Insurance: The Clean Version
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4938 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...the IRS has added a new item to its “Dirty Dozen,” a list of tax scams....
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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Caldwell, Hanabusa: HART Will Need More from Legislature
By News Release @ 3:17 AM :: 7166 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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"...come January, when the Legislature convenes, we’re going to have to address it...."
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Thursday, September 24, 2015 |
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Kiplinger: Hawaii 4th Least Tax Friendly State
By News Release @ 4:39 AM :: 5498 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits, Taxes
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The Aloha State, one of Kiplinger's top ten least tax-friendly states, is known for its high cost of living....
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Monday, September 21, 2015 |
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Hawaii's Poor, Middle Class Among Most Overtaxed in US
By Selected News Articles @ 4:39 PM :: 4155 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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4th-States Where Middle Class Most Overtaxed
2nd-States Where Poor Most Overtaxed
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Friday, September 18, 2015 |
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Federal Funds for Road Building? Hawaii Dead Last
By Selected News Articles @ 6:52 PM :: 4559 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The share of infrastructure expenditures funded by tolls, user fees, and user taxes ranges from 14.2 percent in Alaska to 86.4 percent in Hawaii....
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Thursday, September 3, 2015 |
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High Tax Rates on Manufacturers Stifle Hawaii Agriculture
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 PM :: 5542 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Without food processors in the islands, Hawaii agriculture will always be limited....
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Sunday, August 30, 2015 |
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Manufacturing a (Tax) Problem
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:55 PM :: 7233 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Hawaii's tax structure is 2nd-worst in the US for labor-intensive manufacturing....
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Sunday, August 30, 2015 |
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Taxing Digital Goods
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4210 Views :: Taxes
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...taxing authorities have had to undergo serious mental gymnastics to characterize digital products such as streaming video in a way that can be dealt with by their tax regime....
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Friday, August 28, 2015 |
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Excise Taxes: Hawaii Ranks #5
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 PM :: 5017 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and this doesn't include the General Excise Tax....
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Thursday, August 27, 2015 |
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9th Cir. Rips Guam for Keeping Tax Refunds
By Selected News Articles @ 5:22 PM :: 3928 Views :: Taxes
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...Guam refused to issue tax overpayment refunds "often for several years at a time," instead using the money to fund the government....
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
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Hawaii: Tech Still Receiving Massive Business Tax Subsidies
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 7818 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Excepting heavily incentivized research and development (R&D) operations, mature firms generally experience above-average tax costs in Hawaii....
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Sunday, August 23, 2015 |
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IRS, Could You Please Answer the Phone?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4678 Views :: Taxes
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...the Hawaii Department of Taxation was able to answer less than half of the phone calls it received....
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Friday, August 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Property Tax Rate Lowest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 8:02 PM :: 4705 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28%....
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Saturday, August 1, 2015 |
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"How Much Will Rail Cost Us In the End?"
By Robert Thomas @ 3:36 AM :: 4919 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the only honest answer is "as much as it takes."....
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Friday, July 31, 2015 |
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Travel Taxes: The Hidden Trifecta
By NCPA @ 11:50 PM :: 5341 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Hotel occupancy taxes also appear to eat into the budget tourists set for their vacation trips. Such an effect was empirically observed in Hawaii in 2013....
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Monday, July 27, 2015 |
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Bottle Tax to be Cut by Half Cent
By News Release @ 9:56 PM :: 5372 Views :: Environment, Taxes
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...the state’s redemption rate decreased from 72.6 percent in fiscal year 2014 to 68.4 percent in the last fiscal year, which ended in June 2015....
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Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
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Who’s the Boss, Anyway? (Part 2)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4311 Views :: Taxes
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...voters had limited the power of its legislature to enact taxing and spending bills, and some legislators sued....
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Friday, July 24, 2015 |
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Hawaii Gas Taxes 3rd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 5290 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii 45.1 cents per gallon, plus federal 18.4 excise tax, plus GE Tax....
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Saturday, July 18, 2015 |
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Clean Energy? Kicking Hawaii Consumers When They're Already Down
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:53 PM :: 5244 Views :: Energy, Taxes
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...fuel taxes are "highly regressive," meaning that they hurt the poor the most....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Ige Signs Rail Tax Hike, Demands HART Report to Him
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 6579 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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The excise tax is an investment by the taxpayers of Hawai‘i and my job is to ensure that their hard earned money is being spent efficiently, effectively and productively....
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Monday, July 13, 2015 |
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Tax fairness bill signed into law
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 6576 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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On July 9, Governor Ige signed Senate Bill 555, which will increase the food/excise tax credit for the first time in nearly a decade....
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Sunday, July 12, 2015 |
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Clean Energy Equals $418M Tax Hike?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7550 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Our government is supposed to be studying how to produce clean energy, not how to milk the public!
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Friday, July 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii GE Tax 'Broadest Sales Tax in US'
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 4522 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state's personal income....
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015 |
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Tax Spirits? In Hawaii its $5.98 / gallon
By Selected News Articles @ 5:23 PM :: 5725 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Today’s map shows how spirit excise taxes in your state compare....
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Sunday, July 5, 2015 |
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And the Lowsman Trophy Goes To…Hawaii!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4399 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Fortunately, our lawmakers are allowing the three top rates to die a natural death at the end of this year with our highest marginal rate a more modest 8.25%....
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015 |
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Video: A Fiscal Cliff for Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:04 PM :: 5263 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Senate Minority Budget Director Paul Harleman about the current economic status of Hawaii and his concerns for the state's future financial stability....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Ige Releases ‘Intent to Veto’ List
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 5181 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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Ige has informed the Hawai‘i State Legislature of his intent to veto the following bills....
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Sunday, June 28, 2015 |
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Independence Means Freedom from Special Funds
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4494 Views :: Taxes
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Special funds are pots of money....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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Wine Taxes: Hawaii Ranks 12th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 PM :: 5147 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Check out today’s map below to see where your state lies on the wine tax spectrum....
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Sunday, June 21, 2015 |
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Friends Don’t Let Friends Pay Higher Taxes?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3656 Views :: Taxes
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...we don’t want to inflict a disproportionate amount of pain on our friends....
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Sunday, June 14, 2015 |
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Where’s the Tax Stamp on that Eggplant?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6404 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, Taxes
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...many common vegetables contain nicotine....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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NextEra Behind Bogus Windfarm Tax Credit Study
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 6643 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...federal subsidies to wind power do not create investment out of nowhere; they simply distort the relative cost of producing wind energy, shifting investments from other sectors of the economy to wind projects....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Sales Tax Collections Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks #2 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:22 PM :: 5561 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii collects $2,088 per person....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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US House Votes to Permanently Ban Hawaii's Tax on Internet Access
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 AM :: 4094 Views :: Taxes
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The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act now goes to the Senate....
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Monday, June 8, 2015 |
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Travel Assoc: FAA Bill before Congress Should Cut Taxes on Airfares
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 4578 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Organization presents comprehensive policy platform to lower aviation taxes, promote airline competition and fix air travel infrastructure in coming FAA reauthorization....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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Whither the Resort Fee?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5896 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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By adding a resort fee of $25 to a room rate of $125, the hotel brings in $150 per night but it can advertise a $125 room rate....
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Saturday, June 6, 2015 |
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Hawaii Cigarette Taxes 5th Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 PM :: 5576 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...could cause budgetary problems as cigarette tax revenues are on the decline as less and less people smoke....
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Friday, May 29, 2015 |
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Income Tax Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks 15th
By Selected News Articles @ 10:57 AM :: 4844 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...state and local combined individual income tax collections per person....
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015 |
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Study: Honolulu Property Taxes Among Lowest in USA
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 8337 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Taxes
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The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy released the annual 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, a comprehensive analysis of effective property tax rates in each state’s largest city....
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