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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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Taxes and tracking your odometer
By Rachelle Chang @ 9:27 PM :: 5061 Views :: Taxes
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Recently, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT) revealed that it is considering a mileage-based user fee....
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Sunday, September 18, 2016 |
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Taxation Boards of Review: Facing Extinction
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4209 Views :: Taxes
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In Hawaii, we have a beast called a Taxation Board of Review that is quickly following the dodo bird down the path to extinction....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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S&P, Fitch Upgrade Hawaii Bonds
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 5970 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...highest ever bond ratings and the strongest credit position the state has ever achieved in its history....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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E-cigarette use linked to successful attempts to quit smoking
By News Release @ 4:22 AM :: 5957 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...In 2015, use of e-cigarettes may have resulted in an additional 18,000 long-term ex-smokers in England....
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Sunday, September 11, 2016 |
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Caldwell's Plan: Make Military Families Pay for Rail
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6522 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes
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It seems that 15%-20% of our surcharge is being paid by “tourists” in the strict sense, but when you include military families and the federal government you do come up with a percentage closer to a third....
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Friday, September 9, 2016 |
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Bag Ban: A Wealth Transfer from Customers to Big Grocers
By NCPA @ 5:32 AM :: 6955 Views :: Environment, Taxes
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...retailers could gain an estimated $442 million in annual revenue from the sale of paper bags and reusable bags....
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Sunday, September 4, 2016 |
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Mythbusting HART, Part 1
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6362 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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Divide $200 million by 1 million people, and you get $200 a year per person....
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Saturday, September 3, 2016 |
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The Average American Family Pays More Money in Regulations Than in Taxes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 5556 Views :: National News, Taxes
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..."the cumulative effect for the economy from having our regulatory leviathan" is $1.8 trillion per year....
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016 |
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Fraud: Maui Glass Recycler Gets Year in Prison
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 7042 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Taxes
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...Liu submitted false invoices to be paid from the state after being awarded a state contract to start a certified redemption center....
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016 |
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Rail: Caldwell’s Dog n Pony Show Designed to Force GE Tax Hike
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 6141 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...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)....
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 |
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$4M for DoT to Study Ways to Raise Highway Taxes
By News Release @ 10:05 PM :: 6579 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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“Our goal is to design a system for highways funding"
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 |
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Hawaii The 2nd-Least Tax-Friendly State in the U.S.
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:21 PM :: 6623 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Our review of states’ fiscal health reveals crippling deficits and pension liabilities that could lead to future tax hikes, service cuts or both....
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Sunday, August 21, 2016 |
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GEMS as a Target for Raiding?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7588 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Taxes
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...it is very tempting when lawmakers find a large cache of unused money....
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Sunday, August 14, 2016 |
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The Little Engine that Could?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4403 Views :: Taxes
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...it’s daunting to add up the numbers that are being bandied about....
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Saturday, August 13, 2016 |
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Watch Out for Rising Taxes in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:42 AM :: 3643 Views :: Taxes
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Hawaii lawmakers will likely attempt to raise taxes next year to pay for new record spending levels....
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016 |
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Hawaii Court Orders Online Travel Companies to Pay Rental Car Taxes
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 5216 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...expected to be in the millions of dollars....
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Sunday, July 31, 2016 |
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Time for the Subcontract Deduction to Be Upended? Hafa Adai!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5076 Views :: Taxes
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The special treatment applies only to subcontractors....
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 |
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Hawaii Capital Gains Taxes 29.2%
By Selected News Articles @ 9:57 PM :: 10599 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...the combined federal, state, and local rate paid by the taxpayer on capital gains income....
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Sunday, July 24, 2016 |
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The “Turn Back the Clock Award”
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4620 Views :: Taxes
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...a tax bill that tries to reverse progress made toward fairness and taxpayer rights....
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Friday, July 22, 2016 |
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Tax Hike Coming: Rail ‘Recovery’ Plan to Remain Hidden Until After Election
By Rep Charles Djou @ 9:53 PM :: 6977 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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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% ....
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Thursday, July 21, 2016 |
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Hawaii 3rd Highest Excise Taxes in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 7:29 PM :: 5083 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Some of the most common excise taxes include gas taxes, cigarette taxes, and taxes on the purchase of beer, wine, and liquor....
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Sunday, July 17, 2016 |
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No Tax Hike? Then Wait 20 Years for Your Roads!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4673 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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...the Code doesn’t require an earmarked tax before an agency can commit....
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016 |
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State and Local Sales Taxes: How Does Hawaii Compare?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 5241 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The sales taxes in Hawaii and South Dakota have bases that include many services and so are not strictly comparable to other sales taxes....
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016 |
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Former AG: Hawaii’s Short-Term Rental Regulation Preempted By Federal Law
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 7571 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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“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...."
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Sunday, July 3, 2016 |
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General Excise Tax Hits Charities Twice
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4442 Views :: Taxes
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...the Department has been raking in the retail rate GET from both the charities and the catering providers....
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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Hawaii Property Taxes Lowest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:33 PM :: 4405 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28 percent....
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Sunday, June 26, 2016 |
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Condominium and Community Associations: File or Else!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5268 Views :: Taxes
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Someone needs to take remedial action before the thermonuclear bomb hits....
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Friday, June 17, 2016 |
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Hawaii #1 in Percentage of Transportation Costs Funded by Fuel Taxes, Registration Fees
By Selected News Articles @ 5:07 PM :: 4986 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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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....
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Sunday, June 12, 2016 |
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Why Do We Tax Shipping?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 9167 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...making the shipping more expensive and thereby directly adding to the cost of living....
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Saturday, June 11, 2016 |
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Hawaii Wine Tax: $1.38 Per Gallon
By Selected News Articles @ 10:19 AM :: 4845 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... California's wine tax is only $0.20 ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2016 |
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Hawaii Taxes the Spirit at $5.98 per Gallon
By Selected News Articles @ 6:05 PM :: 4555 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Compared to taxes on alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer, distilled spirits are taxed at much higher rates....
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Friday, June 3, 2016 |
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HECO Customers Keep Paying On Unused $144 Million GEMS Fund
By Selected News Articles @ 5:06 PM :: 7197 Views :: Energy, Taxes
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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....
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Sunday, May 29, 2016 |
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Will They Come for You Next?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4635 Views :: Taxes
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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....
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016 |
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Hawaii one of only 14 States to Tax the Dead
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 5316 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...In addition to the federal estate tax of 40 percent....
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Sunday, May 22, 2016 |
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How Taxes Work
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4939 Views :: Taxes
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Every day, ten men go out for dinner....
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Friday, May 13, 2016 |
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UHERO: How State Shares Transient Accommodation Tax With Counties
By UHERO @ 9:49 PM :: 4987 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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This paper examines Hawaii’s recent effort at developing a model to allocate the state’s transient accommodation tax....
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Thursday, May 12, 2016 |
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Marijuana Legalization and State Taxes
By Tax Foundation @ 3:29 PM :: 6618 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Drugs
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...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....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 |
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Hawaii Lowest Property Taxes in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 6303 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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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....
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Monday, April 25, 2016 |
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Sec 280E: How the IRS Becomes Senior Partner in Marijuana Dispensaries
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 PM :: 5905 Views :: Taxes, Drugs
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... marijuana providers with high startup costs are not allowed to deduct any of them or any routine business expenses ....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Ilagan: Petition Against Hawaii County GE Tax Hike
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 6474 Views :: Hawaii County , Taxes
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... 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 ....
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 |
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Income Tax Collections Per Capita—Hawaii Ranks 14th in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 6:26 PM :: 4630 Views :: Taxes
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...Hawaii collects $1,232 per person in income taxes....
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Sunday, April 17, 2016 |
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Begging for a Piece of the Hotel Room Tax Pie
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3805 Views :: Taxes
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On Friday, April 1, April Fool’s Day, a respectable delegation of county politicians gathered in the House Finance Committee hearing room....
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Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
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Appleseed: Hawaii’s Poor Need a Tax Cut
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 8132 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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“The State of Poverty in Hawai‘i: How Hawai‘i’s Residents Are Faring Post-Recovery.”
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
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Hawaii 2nd Highest Overall Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 7:50 PM :: 4485 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and the highest total sales and gross receipts tax as percentage of personal income....
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
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National Report Sees Hawaii Drop to 42nd in Economic Competitiveness
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:27 AM :: 6297 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Grassroot Institute says state tax burden continues to stifle economic growth in Hawaii....
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Sunday, April 10, 2016 |
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Hawaii Fuel Tax: Schizophrenia in Motion
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4174 Views :: Taxes
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December 31, 2015 not only marked the end of the top Hawaii individual income tax rates, but also of some fuel tax provisions....
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Thursday, April 7, 2016 |
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Hawaii Tax Freedom Day April 19
By Tax Foundation @ 4:52 PM :: 5233 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Americans will collectively spend more on taxes in 2016 than they will on food, clothing, and housing combined....
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016 |
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Taxpayer Return on Investment: Hawaii Ranks 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 5321 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...contrasting state and local tax rates with the quality of the services provided....
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Sunday, April 3, 2016 |
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Low Real Property Tax Is a Bad Thing?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4238 Views :: Taxes
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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....
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