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Sunday, October 23, 2022 |
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Yes, People Move Because of Taxes
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1968 Views :: Taxes
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... we gained a few high-income individuals but lost more of those folks scraping to make ends meet ....
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 |
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Front Page News: Petition to End GE Tax on Medical Care
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:51 PM :: 1783 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... the petition, which can be viewed here, calls on lawmakers to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....
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Saturday, October 15, 2022 |
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Ige Scores 'C' on Fiscal Policy Report Card
By Cato Foundation @ 4:50 AM :: 1728 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... The report examines the tax and spending choices made by the governors and discusses recent policy trends ....
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022 |
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How Do Taxes Affect Interstate Migration?
By Tax Foundation @ 7:37 PM :: 2328 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... four of the top five states Hawaii residents moved to—Washington, Texas, Nevada, and Florida—forgo individual income taxes on wage income ....
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Saturday, October 8, 2022 |
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Putting a human face on Hawaii's doctor shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:31 PM :: 3242 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... they told me, ‘Send this person to Costco’ ....
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 |
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Getting by with a little help from our friends
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:43 AM :: 1565 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii is working with experts around the country to create a better Hawaii ....
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 |
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Road Usage Charge Versus Carbon Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 8:16 PM :: 1750 Views :: Environment, Taxes
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... Hawaii Department of Transportation has been studying implementation of a Road Usage Charge ....
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Sunday, September 18, 2022 |
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Rolling With a Road Usage Charge
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1799 Views :: Taxes
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... support grew when rental cars are charged a higher rate than residents ....
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Wednesday, September 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii Taxpayer Refunds Go Out Next Week
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 1727 Views :: Taxes
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... about 600,000 Hawaiʻi taxpayers are scheduled to receive approximately $294 million in tax refunds ....
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Monday, September 5, 2022 |
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Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:40 PM :: 1824 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes
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... Will Hawaii’s candidates on the 2022 campaign trail follow through on their promises? ....
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Sunday, September 4, 2022 |
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No. 1 In the World – In Tourist Taxes
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3602 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Tourism
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... Honolulu is 75% higher in taxes than the second most tourist-taxed city in the world ....
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Thursday, September 1, 2022 |
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Should sacrifices go just one way?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:15 PM :: 1441 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Does the state have a responsibility to “go without,” if that would be better for the people? ....
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Monday, August 29, 2022 |
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Better Budgeting for a Better Economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:46 AM :: 1449 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... lawmakers are allowed to waive the state’s spending cap by a two-thirds vote, which they routinely do ....
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Monday, August 22, 2022 |
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To Tax or Not to Tax Sale of Food and Medicine
By UHERO @ 4:19 AM :: 1744 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... taxes on the purchases of those expenditures disproportionately hurt low income households ....
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Sunday, August 21, 2022 |
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Can We Sack the GET?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1554 Views :: Taxes
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... Why don’t we just get rid of it? ....
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Sunday, August 14, 2022 |
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A GE Tax Exemption for Food
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:39 AM :: 1852 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... The three Democratic candidates for governor all support it ....
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 |
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Wednesday, August 10, 2022 |
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Monday, August 8, 2022 |
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How to Ensure Better Budgeting for a Better Economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:02 PM :: 1499 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Tired of runaway government taxes, spending and debt? Learn what we can do about it from budget expert Daniel Mitchell ....
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Sunday, August 7, 2022 |
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Addressing the Tax Crisis in Health Care
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1696 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... According to the Hawaii Physician Shortage Crisis Task Force, taxes are one of the reason for the shortage ....
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Sunday, July 17, 2022 |
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It’s Tourism, Mooooo
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1768 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... folks who seem to rank high on the milking list: tourists....
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
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State Tax Receipts up 34.8%
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 1986 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... FY2022 corporate income tax collections up 60.1% from the previous year, IIT collections up 22.3% from the previous year, and General Fund tax collections up 34.8% ....
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Sunday, July 10, 2022 |
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Can the State Tax Itself?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1830 Views :: Higher Education, Taxes
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... Tax Department wanted get a piece of the UH research grants ....
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Sunday, June 26, 2022 |
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Maui No Ka $$
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1685 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... Maui County proposes to spend more than One Billion Dollars in this fiscal year, a 26% increase over last fiscal year ....
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Monday, June 13, 2022 |
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Hawaii State Tax Burden: 14.1% of Income -- 3rd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:09 PM :: 1592 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... State-local taxes paid $8,410 -- 14.1% of income ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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General Excise Tax on Nonprofits
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1565 Views :: Taxes
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... Whether it be a bake sale, benefit dinner, or a silent auction, any income from an activity the primary purpose for which is raising money is GET taxable ....
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Sunday, June 5, 2022 |
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The Kansas Experiment: Ten Years Later
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1592 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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... It would have increased the state sales tax and would have eliminated many tax credits and deductions. The legislature, predictably, tossed out these offsets ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Iwasa Rips Rail Recovery Plan: “Errors that no one seems to care about”
By Natalie Iwasa @ 5:54 PM :: 2344 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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... HART's recovery plan was shipped off to the FTA today with revenue projections that I think are too high ....
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Monday, May 30, 2022 |
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Auē! All four counties are planning spending sprees
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:30 PM :: 2361 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Taxes
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... Hawaii’s gross domestic product is down by 4.43% since 2019, yet even as the economy suffers, all four counties seem determined to spend like crazy ....
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Sunday, May 22, 2022 |
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Civic involvement is key to saving Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:18 PM :: 1648 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... efforts to reform the state’s emergency powers law; reduce barriers to housing; bring taxes, debt and state spending under control ....
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Sunday, May 22, 2022 |
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If You Think Gas Prices Are Bad…
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1791 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... there are a lot of different taxes that go into the price at the pump ....
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Friday, May 20, 2022 |
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VIDEO: 2022 Legislature still addicted to spending
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:17 PM :: 2404 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... praiseworthy was the passage of a bill that will limit the state’s emergency powers, if the governor lets it become law ....
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Sunday, May 15, 2022 |
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More Bills in the Home Stretch
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1967 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Taxes
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... Here’s a list of some of the eyebrow-raising bills that have gone to the fifth floor ....
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Saturday, May 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Bites in to 94% of Personal Income
By Tax Foundation @ 2:03 AM :: 1850 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Hawaii’s GE Tax base has historically exceeded 100 percent of personal income but took a hit as the island’s economic profile changed during the pandemic ....
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Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
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To GET or Not to GET – SVOG and RRF Are the Questions
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1967 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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“The general rule is that amounts received by a business that replace income are subject to GET."
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Sunday, April 24, 2022 |
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Stealth Taxes in 2022
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2061 Views :: Taxes
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... Lawmakers can be very crafty and propose things that don’t look like taxes ....
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Sunday, April 24, 2022 |
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Swimming in money, legislators could easily add to debt burden
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:47 AM :: 2154 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... What one hand might be giving, the other might be taking away by spending money on things that could come back to haunt us ....
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Monday, April 18, 2022 |
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High Tax Hawaii 43rd in Economic Growth
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 PM :: 1970 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... A newly released report examines the tax burden and economic climate of all 50 states ....
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Friday, April 8, 2022 |
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Hawaii Legislative Session: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:16 PM :: 1737 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Numerous bills aimed at increasing our taxes have been shelved, and some good measures actually have a chance of passing ....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022 |
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‘Empty homes’ tax resolution has good intentions, but that’s all
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:22 PM :: 1463 Views :: Taxes
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... penalizing homeowners, driving up already sky-high taxes, implementing privacy-invasive and severe enforcement measures and providing little to benefit to residents in need of affordable housing ....
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Sunday, April 3, 2022 |
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A Tax Game-Changer for Nonprofits
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1757 Views :: Taxes
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... some legislation that has the potential to change our tax system in very bold ways ....
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022 |
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Hawaii 2nd Highest Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:12 AM :: 1844 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... three tax types of state tax burdens — property taxes, individual income taxes and sales and excise taxes — as a share of total personal income in the state ....
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Monday, March 28, 2022 |
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‘Empty homes’ tax will not achieve goal
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:42 AM :: 1838 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... an empty homes tax would have the effect of penalizing homeowners, driving up already sky-high taxes, implementing privacy-invasive and severe enforcement measures and providing little to benefit to residents in need of affordable housing ....
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Monday, March 28, 2022 |
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Hawaii 4th Highest Gas Tax in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 AM :: 2175 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Including the federal tax, taxes account for 13.8% of the average price of a gallon of gas in the state ....
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Sunday, March 27, 2022 |
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A Bold Step Forward from Diapers
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2185 Views :: Family, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... people on the lower end of the income spectrum spend comparatively more of their hard-earned dollars on general excise tax ....
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Tuesday, March 22, 2022 |
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Hawaii Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment
By Selected News Articles @ 9:50 PM :: 1985 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... high taxes for poor quality services ....
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Thursday, March 17, 2022 |
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Individual Income Taxes -- Hawaii 5th Worst
By Tax Foundation @ 4:16 AM :: 1659 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Ranking Individual Income Taxes on the 2022 State Business Tax Climate Index ....
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Sunday, March 13, 2022 |
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Non-Ad Valorem Property Tax Financing
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1544 Views :: Taxes
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... HB 2088, creates a program where you could go to a lender, borrow money to make home improvements, and then repay the loan with payments that are added to your property tax bill ....
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Saturday, March 12, 2022 |
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VIDEO: Grassroot Institute Celebrates 20 Years
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:16 AM :: 3022 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Jones Act, Republican Party, Small Business, Taxes
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... several hundred attendees were treated to good food, inspirational speakers, terrific entertainment and great camaraderie ....
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Saturday, March 12, 2022 |
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Halftime at the Legislature--What's Hot, and Not, in Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 2:56 AM :: 1393 Views :: Taxes
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... Some that are likely to get resurrected or with their content inserted into another vehicle ....
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