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Wednesday, July 19, 2023 |
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Bill 49: Maui GET surcharge could eliminate jobs, reduce growth
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 AM :: 2750 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... 0.5% county surcharge to the state’s 4% general excise tax for the purpose of funding “housing infrastructure” ....
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Saturday, July 15, 2023 |
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Property Tax: Our council members have been listening
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:29 PM :: 2139 Views :: Taxes
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... Multiple bills have already passed, and many council members have asked for more information about how to reform the property tax systems in their counties ....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023 |
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Maui GE Tax increase guaranteed to hurt poorer residents
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:17 PM :: 2182 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... increase the tax burden, risk losing nearly 300 jobs for residents and lower economic output in the county by $49 million a year ....
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Sunday, July 9, 2023 |
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The Budget Is Signed
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2957 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... At the ceremony, the Governor made clear that tax relief, especially for ALICE (asset-limited, income-constrained, employed) families, is still on the table. There will be a Phase 2, he said, apparently targeting the 2024 legislative session ....
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Thursday, July 6, 2023 |
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Hawaii income tax burden second highest in nation
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:09 PM :: 2505 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... One reason is higher rates apply early on the income spectrum, so nearly all taxpayers pay higher rates, says a new analysis ....
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Sunday, July 2, 2023 |
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Cronyism: The 2023 Intent to Veto List
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2056 Views :: Taxes
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... cronyism, revenge and retribution -- someone's been sandbagging ....
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Saturday, July 1, 2023 |
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Green Signs $37.2B Budget
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 2700 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... Senator Donovan Dela Cruz, chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, hailed the tax break bill as a positive financial benefit for struggling families ....
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
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Hawaii 4th-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 11:59 PM :: 3042 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... all the different layers of taxation on production and distribution make up about 40 percent of the retail price for beer ....
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Monday, June 26, 2023 |
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Grassroot Institute urges Maui Council to reject higher tax burden
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:40 PM :: 3048 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... A proposed 0.5% county surcharge added to the state's 4% rate would jack up the cost of living, cost jobs and harm productivity ....
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Sunday, June 25, 2023 |
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‘Think outside the box’ to fix Hawaii’s unemployment tax
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:24 PM :: 2845 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... businesses in Hawaii are going to be paying $130 million more this year in unemployment taxes than they did last year. That’s a 46% increase ....
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Saturday, June 17, 2023 |
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How Grassroot Institute is working for a better Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:16 PM :: 2993 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes
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... Grassroot Institute “actually proposed 15 model bills this year that were introduced and got one across the finish line, which was the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact” ....
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Saturday, June 17, 2023 |
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What you need to know about property taxes in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:57 PM :: 4071 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Hawaii property tax rates thus can be low because the counties that assess and collect them do not have to cover the cost of public schools ....
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Friday, June 16, 2023 |
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Divide and Conquer: More Property Tax Tiers Means Higher Taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:48 PM :: 2984 Views :: Kauai County, Taxes
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... This situation has left the owners of many long-term rentals stuck with much higher tax bills ....
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Sunday, June 11, 2023 |
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Taxes and Cost of Living: Focus Shifts to County Councils
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:57 PM :: 2787 Views :: Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... lawmaking continues at the county level ....
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023 |
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Resolution 33: Tinkering with Property Tax Rates on Rental Units
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:47 PM :: 2737 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Taxes
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... decrease the rates on the first tier of Residential A homes from $4.50 to $4.00 per $1,000 and increase rates on the second tier from $10.50 to $11.40 per $1,000 ....
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023 |
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SB975: Green Signs Tax Increase on Vaping Products
By Selected News Articles @ 1:08 PM :: 3826 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes, Drugs
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... SB975, now Act 62, establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products ....
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 |
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Some gems amid Legislature’s overspending?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:25 PM :: 2832 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... two bills that would improve Hawaii’s economy ....
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Saturday, June 3, 2023 |
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Do you want distractions or solutions?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:02 PM :: 2543 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... increasing taxes on anyone can come with its own set of problems ....
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Friday, June 2, 2023 |
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Ranking Individual Income Taxes--Hawaii 5th Highest
By News Release @ 4:30 AM :: 2597 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... and State Tax Collections per Capita--Hawaii 4th Highest ....
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Thursday, June 1, 2023 |
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Grassroot Institute urges special session to block huge unemployment tax increase
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:48 PM :: 2803 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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... If no action is taken, Hawaii businesses will pay about $355 million for 2023, up 46% over last year ....
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Thursday, June 1, 2023 |
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‘Empty homes’ tax won’t fix supply-side housing crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:10 AM :: 2784 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes
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... the “empty homes” theory is just another distraction from the real cause of Hawaii’s housing crisis, which is regulations that block homebuilding ....
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023 |
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Hawaii governor still has long list of bills to sign
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 2864 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... House Bill 954 would increase the personal exemption from $1,444 to $2,288 beginning with the 2023 tax year and increase the standard deduction ....
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023 |
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Hawaii Property Tax Rates Creeping Up
By Tax Foundation @ 2:47 PM :: 2585 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii property taxes go from 28th worst to 32nd worst in four years ....
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Sunday, May 28, 2023 |
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GET on Health Care
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3378 Views :: Health Care, Military, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... One of the bills in this past legislative session that fell to the cutting room floor when it probably shouldn’t have was Senate Bill 1035, which would have exempted medical services provided by health care providers if the services were paid for by Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE ....
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Sunday, May 21, 2023 |
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A short list for the governor
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:32 AM :: 3157 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... use his line-item veto power to trim back this massive spending overreach, including the $200 million “slush fund” ...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2023 |
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'Empty homes' tax unlikely to ease housing crisis, new report concludes
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:04 PM :: 2429 Views :: Taxes
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... no meaningful correlation between so-called empty homes and housing or rental prices ....
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
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‘Defense wins championships’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:03 AM :: 3092 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Since bad bills tend to outnumber good ones, that means we played a lot of defense ....
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Sunday, May 14, 2023 |
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Ding Dong, the Green Fee is Dead
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2946 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... The bill containing the fee proposal, Senate Bill 304, did not survive the conference committee process. ...
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Saturday, May 13, 2023 |
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Biggest Budget Increase Ever: The good, bad and ‘mostly ugly’ at 2023 Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:41 PM :: 2830 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... “The budget is increasing by 30% this year,” Kent said, far exceeding last year’s record increase of 17% and breaking the state’s constitutionally mandated spending limit as well, which can be bypassed by a two-thirds vote ....
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Counties should prioritize lowering property taxes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:50 PM :: 2362 Views :: Taxes
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... higher property taxes could make homeownership unaffordable for some residents; landlords might have no choice but to increase what they charge their tenants; and businesses might have to raise prices ....
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 |
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Projected state surplus vanishes in face of planned higher spending
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:29 PM :: 3135 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... The Legislature's proposed spending plan for fiscal 2024 could result in a state budget deficit of $45 million by fiscal 2028, if OK'd by the governor ....
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 |
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Ways to counter property tax increases in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:10 PM :: 2899 Views :: Taxes
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... county lawmakers have it in their power to prevent or at least mitigate property tax increases ....
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
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Hawaii gets low marks in business tax ranking
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 3026 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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... the Tax Foundation’s 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index ....
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 |
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Some Winners and Losers in the 2023 Session
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 PM :: 3038 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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... The Tax Relief Shell Game Ends, and Broad-Based Relief Didn’t Make It ....
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Sunday, April 30, 2023 |
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An amazing day at the Capitol
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:04 PM :: 3736 Views :: Development, Small Business, Taxes
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... it finally became clear which big-ticket items were going to make it to the governor’s desk for signing — or hit the cutting room floor ....
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Sunday, April 30, 2023 |
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Grassroot Institute Week in Review
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:40 PM :: 3356 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Jones Act, Taxes
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... Grassroot Institute in the news ....
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Sunday, April 30, 2023 |
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Property tax simplicity gains traction on Kauai
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:21 PM :: 3005 Views :: Kauai County, Taxes
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... Making Hawaii’s county property tax systems more simple is the best way Hawaii’s counties can provide tax relief ....
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Monday, April 24, 2023 |
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How Much Hawaii Taxes Its Residents Compared to Other States
By Selected News Articles @ 5:54 PM :: 3383 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... The overall tax burden in Hawaii, which is a measure of taxes paid as a share of annual income, was 9.2% of the state's income per capita of $60,947, second only to Vermont ....
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Thursday, April 20, 2023 |
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Governor’s ‘remarkable’ tax bills still mostly alive
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:33 PM :: 2682 Views :: Taxes
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... Not all of Gov. Josh Green’s proposed tax cuts survived lawmakers’ scrutiny this session, but enough are still alive to be optimistic....
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Thursday, April 20, 2023 |
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Proposed ‘green fee’ could end aloha as we know it
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:23 PM :: 3341 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... If Hawaii’s politicians aren’t careful, they might kill the goose that lays the golden egg ....
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Thursday, April 20, 2023 |
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How counties can provide property tax relief
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:59 AM :: 2776 Views :: Taxes
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... a policy toolkit for county lawmakers seeking to offset spiking property assessments ....
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Friday, April 14, 2023 |
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Rich States, Poor States -- Hawaii ranks 45th
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 3126 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Each of these factors is influenced directly by state lawmakers through the legislative process ....
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023 |
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Three scenarios for Kauai property tax relief
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:55 PM :: 3142 Views :: Kauai County, Taxes
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... Resolution No. 2023-33 will establish the real property tax rates for fiscal 2024 ....
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Monday, April 10, 2023 |
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Tax Hikes: Where Hawai'i Fits in National Trends
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:42 PM :: 2611 Views :: Taxes
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... Wealth tax, proposed simultaneously in seven states including Hawaii ....
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Sunday, April 9, 2023 |
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This Week’s Testimony from Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 3094 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... Testimonies submitted to the state Legislature, Honolulu Council, and Maui Council by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii during the past week ....
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Sunday, April 9, 2023 |
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Hope for Tax Relief Still Alive
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2456 Views :: Taxes
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... only one Senate committee, Ways & Means, will be entrusted with the fate of all three bills ....
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Saturday, April 8, 2023 |
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Counties must prioritize property tax relief
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:08 PM :: 2223 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... No one likes the idea of our county governments profiting from Hawaii’s high cost of living. But that’s what is going to happen soon unless we engineer some property tax relief ....
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Saturday, April 8, 2023 |
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Is there relief for rising property taxes on Oahu?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:53 AM :: 4254 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Akina said Hawaii home prices are sky-high because of the scarcity of housing caused by “all the regulation … that developers and individual home builders have to go through in order to renovate or in order to build.” ....
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Thursday, April 6, 2023 |
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Coming Soon: 'Six ways to get around the visitor fee in Hawaii'
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:13 AM :: 2924 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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"...what you’re really doing is just shifting the visitor impact around, and you’re creating new issues of congestion and use....”
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023 |
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IRS Red Hill Relief: Will Not Tax Relocation Payments
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 2434 Views :: Military, Taxes
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... The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance today on relief payments ....
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