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Sunday, May 7, 2023 |
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Tax Relief, RIP
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1328 Views :: Tax Credits
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... every one of the tax credit enhancements has been given only a five-year life. All of them go away on January 1, 2028 ....
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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 :: 1333 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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Production Credit Hijinx
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1436 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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... After deferring the measure multiple times, WAM amended the bill to add two new provisions: a section allowing tax credits for building a film studio, and a section making extensive amendments to the administration of the existing production credit. This was done without the benefit of a public hearing ....
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Sunday, April 16, 2023 |
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It Isn’t Over Until It’s Over
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1653 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Tax Credits
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... In the meantime, lawmakers have been figuring out how to bypass conventional learning about when a bill is dead. Here is one example ....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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How counties can provide tax relief
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:31 PM :: 1053 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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... County lawmakers haven’t decided yet how to deal with property tax hikes that are expected to result from higher property assessments across the state ....
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Sunday, March 26, 2023 |
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Credit Madness
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1141 Views :: Tax Credits
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... Tax Credits were proposed for, among other things, upgrading technology infrastructure; sequestering carbon; upgrading or conversion of cesspools; being a health care preceptor; manufacturing food; providing childcare to employees; being in a creative district; producing organic food; and just being in the state while everyone else is being hammered by a carbon tax ....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023 |
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House passes state budget for third reading
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 1111 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... update on the state budget and the Majority Caucus' legislative priorities ....
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Monday, March 6, 2023 |
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Changing tax credit to portion of income would help Oahu homeowners
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:10 PM :: 1020 Views :: Honolulu County, Tax Credits
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... Bill 38 (2022) would change the formula for calculating the eligibility for the real property tax credit ....
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Sunday, February 26, 2023 |
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Creative Districts
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1220 Views :: Tax Credits
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... In the Senate bill, creative enterprises in a creative district would be eligible for tax credits. The bill, however, is a little light on details ....
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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Hawaii bill would boost rental tax credit fourfold
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 PM :: 1309 Views :: Tax Credits
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... SB55 proposes the adoption of income brackets to determine eligibility for the tax credit ....
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Sunday, February 19, 2023 |
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PILOT for Real Property Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1692 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Agriculture, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... The owner in the previous year paid $30,154 in property tax and got a bill for $835,710, resulting in an extremely unhappy owner ....
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023 |
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HB1049 Cuts Income Tax
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 1109 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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... restructure the state's income tax brackets and lower income tax for all brackets, double the standard deduction for individual filers from $2,200 to $5,000, and double the personal exemption from $1,144 to $2,288 ....
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Monday, February 13, 2023 |
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HB1049: Avoiding disincentives in new affordability plan
By UHERO @ 11:41 PM :: 812 Views :: Tax Credits
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... Policy “cliffs” occur when a large benefit is suddenly withdrawn when income exceeds some threshold, even if by only $1. Cliffs may also reduce incentives to work and earn more ....
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Thursday, February 9, 2023 |
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Volta: Hawaii's Latest Hi-Tech Failure Gets Recycled by Shell Oil
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 1055 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics, Tax Credits
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... How much money did ERS and KSBE lose helping Shell greenwash its oil business? ....
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Saturday, February 4, 2023 |
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Green Affordability Plan: It would be simpler to just cut the tax rate for food
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:12 PM :: 929 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Green’s “GAP” plan seeks to provide tax credits for food, rent and child care expenses primarily to Hawaii’s lower- and middle-class families ....
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 |
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Hawaii targets housing reform as Legislature returns
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 AM :: 1005 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... 156 bills are on the current docket to be introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate ....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 |
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$300 Rebate Checks From Hawaii: You Can Still Claim It
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 AM :: 1000 Views :: Tax Credits
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... Most taxpayers have already received their rebate checks from Hawaii of up to $300. However, those who filed their taxes late and taxpayers whose payment has been withheld by the tax department may still be waiting ....
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Monday, December 5, 2022 |
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Ige Announces Completion of over 600,000 Refunds to Hawaii Taxpayers
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 1202 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... A total of 606,674 Act 115 refunds were issued, totaling $307.9 million. That includes 288,590 direct deposits and 318,084 paper checks ....
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Friday, September 23, 2022 |
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Property Tax Credit Application Deadline September 30
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 1502 Views :: Honolulu County, Tax Credits
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...The City & County of Honolulu offers a real property tax credit for homeowners who meet certain eligibility requirements. ...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 |
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ERS Hides $96.75M of So-Called ‘Tech’ Investments--Losses Begin to Mount
By Andrew Walden @ 9:30 PM :: 3095 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Tax Credits
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... Taxpayer losses are in the billions. Now they are grabbing for public employees’ retirement fund. How much will retirees lose? ....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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He Owned the Land for Just a Day, But Received 212 Credits from County
By Selected News Articles @ 10:21 PM :: 4210 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Land Use, Tax Credits
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“...Rajesh Budhabhatti is a subject of a public corruption/wire fraud case....”
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022 |
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Ige Signs Minimum Wage Hike, makes Earned Income Tax Credit Refundable
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 1563 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Tax Credits
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... Act 114 increases the minimum wage to $12.00 per hour starting Oct. 1, 2022 ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Bill 45: Rail TOD Giveaway to High Tech Tax Credit Schemers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:30 AM :: 1790 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail, Tax Credits
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... The vague language in the proposal lacks any metrics for measuring success, similar to another business-focused tax credit whose value to the state is dubious ...
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Thursday, June 9, 2022 |
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Volta Securities Fraud: Did Latest Hawaii High Tech Fail Take a Bite out of ERS?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:05 PM :: 1739 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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... Securities fraud, insider trading, $26.7 M in hidden executive stock awards? Yes. Hawaii’s high-tech tax credit schemers are at it again ....
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Sunday, June 5, 2022 |
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The Kansas Experiment: Ten Years Later
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1210 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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Friday, May 27, 2022 |
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Hawaii High-Tech Schemers Get $94M
By News Release @ 8:14 PM :: 1211 Views :: Tax Credits
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... Hawaii is among the first states in the nation to be approved for participation ....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022 |
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Hawaii lawmakers could approve $300 tax rebates this week
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 AM :: 1614 Views :: Tax Credits
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... the total estimated cost of the rebate program will be around $250 million ....
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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 :: 1686 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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Sunday, April 17, 2022 |
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Once Upon a Rebate
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1280 Views :: Tax Credits
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... Governor Dorothy’s two bills died in the Legislature ....
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Sunday, April 10, 2022 |
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Hawaii lawmakers propose $300 rebate checks
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 AM :: 1266 Views :: Tax Credits
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... Senate Bill 514 would pay one-time tax rebate checks of $300 to people making $100,000 a year or less and $100 to those making more than $100,000 a year ....
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Saturday, April 9, 2022 |
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Hawaii taxpayers deserve a rebate — a big one
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:48 PM :: 1333 Views :: Tax Credits
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... Simply allowing the market to operate helped create a windfall in state revenues ....
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022 |
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The Great Earned Income Tax Credit Hunt
By Tom Yamachika @ 3:30 PM :: 1983 Views :: Tax Credits
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... DoTax hides the EITC application form so you can't apply for the credit ....
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Saturday, April 2, 2022 |
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SB514: $100 Taxpayer Refund is Still Possible
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:36 PM :: 1298 Views :: Tax Credits
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... The state of Hawaii is currently enjoying a nearly $4 billion budget windfall ....
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Friday, February 25, 2022 |
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HB2278: Fuel tax damage will far outweigh measly tax credit
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:59 AM :: 2282 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... The gasoline tax in 2035 will be $33.16 a barrel ....
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Friday, February 11, 2022 |
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HB2278 Carbon Tax $42.24 a Barrel
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:18 AM :: 1806 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... This bill is a continuation of the policy of social-planning-via-taxation that has helped make Hawaii one of the most expensive states in the nation ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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It’s not weird, it’s constitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 7:40 PM :: 1776 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits
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... Here is the actual wording of the item in the Hawai‘i State Constitution ....
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
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$100 Refund--How About $1,361?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:58 PM :: 2802 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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"...increase the refund amount...."
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Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
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DBEDT: Hawaii Family of Four Must Earn $85,372 to Stay off Welfare
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 3890 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, Tax Credits
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... the amount of money that individuals and families require to meet their basic needs without government and/or other subsidies ....
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Sunday, January 2, 2022 |
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Considering a Carbon Tax with Rebates
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1769 Views :: Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... This is not the only recommendation the Tax Review Commission came up with ....
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Sunday, May 16, 2021 |
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General Excise Exemptions to be Shut Off for Two Years?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3204 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... “Frankenbill” House Bill 58 has cleared the Legislature and is on the Governor’s desk waiting to become law ....
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Monday, April 5, 2021 |
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Does ARPA Outlaw Hawaii Tech and Film Tax Credit Expansion?
By Tax Foundation @ 6:28 PM :: 3159 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes, COVID-19
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"...Hawaii increased the cap on its film incentives and decoupled from federal restrictions on research and development tax credits...."
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Saturday, April 3, 2021 |
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Ige Joins other High-Tax State Governors to Call on Biden to Restore $670B Federal Subsidy
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 2592 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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... State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction Cap forces 11 million rich liberals to pay $670 billion in reparations for their decision to allow tax-and-spend Democrats to run their states, school districts, and municipalities ....
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Saturday, February 27, 2021 |
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Tax Hike Plan: Hawaii Carbon Pricing Study Released
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 3060 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... to cost the State at least $19,000,000,000 ....
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Monday, January 25, 2021 |
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Hawaii Opens Door to More Unlicensed Cryptocurrency Schemes
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 3428 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits
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... This is made possible with the issuance of a “no action message” by DFI, which will not take any action against these companies during the two-year period of the program ....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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What COVID Emergency? Let's Quadruple Hawaii's Phony Hi-Tech Tax Credits
By UHERO @ 2:46 AM :: 1949 Views :: Tax Credits
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... CLUE: There is no shortage of private capital available for tech startups. If your tech startup needs government funds it is fake ....
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Monday, November 16, 2020 |
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Hawaii Hi-Tech Scamster Bribed to Rat out Hunter Biden?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 AM :: 3685 Views :: Ethics, Politicians, Tax Credits
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...last year Youssef briefly courted journalists with a story about Hunter’s links to the now-defunct mbloom fund....
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 |
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MBloom: Hawaii Hi Tech Scam Snares Another Biden Insider
By Selected News Articles @ 10:15 PM :: 5979 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tax Credits
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...Joe Biden’s Transition Aide Helped Steer $3M to Hunter Biden-Linked Firm....
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Monday, November 2, 2020 |
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Maui-Based Scam: Hunter Biden Partner Secured Millions from Businessman with Reputed Organized Crime Ties
By Selected News Articles @ 4:30 AM :: 7082 Views :: Democratic Party, Tax Credits
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... Remember 'Mbloom'? -- financed by Hawaii taxpayers via Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) ....
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Sunday, September 13, 2020 |
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State Auditor’s Review of GET Exemptions and Exclusions
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2833 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... The Auditor was supposed to start on the first chunk last year and finish the report before the start of the 2020 legislature, but ....
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020 |
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Hawaii Opens Door to 12 Unlicensed Cryptocurrency Schemes
By News Release @ 8:07 PM :: 4653 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits
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"...Through the issuance of a 'no action message,' DFI is not taking any action against these companies...."
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