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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 :: 1743 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 :: 1940 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 :: 1910 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 :: 1821 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 :: 1866 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 :: 1802 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 :: 2221 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 :: 2103 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 :: 1864 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 :: 2008 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 :: 2186 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 :: 2027 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 :: 1830 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 :: 2108 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 :: 2136 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 :: 2148 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 :: 2201 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 :: 2812 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 :: 2272 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 :: 2100 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 :: 2600 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 :: 2120 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 :: 2565 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 :: 2216 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 :: 2407 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 :: 2157 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 :: 2126 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 :: 2258 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 :: 1911 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 :: 1583 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 :: 2507 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 :: 2249 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 :: 1741 Views :: Military, Taxes
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... The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance today on relief payments ....
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023 |
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Hawaii's Throwback Rule -- The wrong tax, at the wrong rate, in the wrong state
By Tax Foundation @ 12:00 PM :: 1941 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... motivating these businesses—or at least certain aspects of their business—to locate elsewhere ....
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023 |
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Pouring cold water on 'visitor impact fee'
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:21 PM :: 1799 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... impractical and legally dubious ....
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Friday, March 31, 2023 |
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Memo to reluctant legislators: Hawaii can afford to cut taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:48 PM :: 1952 Views :: Taxes
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... we can’t afford not to cut taxes because really, what we’re sitting on right now, are unhealthy ending balances ....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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How counties can provide tax relief
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:31 PM :: 1788 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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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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Hawaii taxpayers shell out more than $5,500 in state and local taxes
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 PM :: 1822 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii’s state debt is also among the top five in the nation at $7,992 per capita and $11,879 when local debt is factored in as well ....
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Highest Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:50 PM :: 2001 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... only New York is worse ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Three reasons why Hawaii's healthcare is in trouble
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:06 AM :: 1931 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... three reasons: the state general excise tax, Hawaii's occupational licensure laws and the state's medical certificate-of-need laws ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Council on State Taxation: Looking Out for Business
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:01 AM :: 1808 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... the Committee on State Taxation focuses on the impact of state taxes on businesses across the country ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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This Week’s Testimony from Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:44 PM :: 1953 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... The Hawaii State Legislature is off and running again after a brief pause during which the House and Senate exchanged the bills they each had approved ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Hawaii Tax Burden 14.1% of Income -- 3rd-Highest in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 11:26 PM :: 1851 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii State & Local Tax Burden as a Share of State Income -- 14.1% -- 3rd highest in USA -- $8,410 per capita ....
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst Taxpayer ROI
By Selected News Articles @ 9:06 PM :: 1862 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... 73% of people think the government doesn’t spend their tax dollars wisely ....
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Monday, March 20, 2023 |
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More Guilty Pleas in Sovereignty-Related Tax Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 2570 Views :: Law Enforcement, Taxes
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... The Chocks were plaintiffs alongside Rose Dradi, a Keanu Sai-Dexter Kiama collaborator, in a now-dismissed Sept 7, 2018, lawsuit claiming the IRS had no legal authority to collect taxes from them ....
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Sunday, March 19, 2023 |
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Picking Apart the Case for Conveyance Tax Hikes
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1764 Views :: Taxes
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... Senate Bill 362 proposes to double the tax on residential property, selling for at least $2 million ....
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Saturday, March 18, 2023 |
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The honeymoon is over; what about our tax cuts?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:25 PM :: 1950 Views :: Taxes
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... Wednesday was Gov. Josh Green’s 100th day in office, and I think it’s safe to say his honeymoon period with voters and the Legislature has come to an end ....
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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 :: 1866 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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Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
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California’s Surplus to Deficit
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1873 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... the revenue that did materialize was spent in a flash ....
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Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
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Good news, bad news at Legislature’s halfway mark
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:39 AM :: 1875 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... The Hawaii Legislature is halfway through its 2023 session ....
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