Entries for 'Tom Yamachika'

... Hawaii Department of Transportation has been studying implementation of a Road Usage Charge ....

... Not considering charter schools, enrollment dropped from 168,152 in 2018-19 to 156,518 in 2022-23, and it is projected to decrease further to 148,096 by 2027-28 ....

... support grew when rental cars are charged a higher rate than residents ....

... the average time to process a residential building permit application was 108 days, while a commercial project took 432 days ....

... Honolulu is 75% higher in taxes than the second most tourist-taxed city in the world ....

... in excess of $579,000 once fringe benefits are factored in ....

... Why don’t we just get rid of it? ....

... The three Democratic candidates for governor all support it ....

... According to the Hawaii Physician Shortage Crisis Task Force, taxes are one of the reason for the shortage ....

... with the current licensing requirements in place the workers won’t be able to work here until they get through a bunch of bureaucratic red tape.  The state of emergency could be used to bypass the licensing requirements ....

... In a case named For Our Rights vs. Ige, the Intermediate Court of Appeals held that there was nothing wrong with what the Administration did ....

... folks who seem to rank high on the milking list:  tourists....

... Tax Department wanted get a piece of the UH research grants ....

... “2022’s Best and Worst State Economies.”  In that site, our humble little state had lots of reasons to be humble, coming in at a bottom-scraping 48th ....

... Maui County proposes to spend more than One Billion Dollars in this fiscal year, a 26% increase over last fiscal year ....

... how Hawaii compares on the ten most common household bills ....

... 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 ....

... It would have increased the state sales tax and would have eliminated many tax credits and deductions.  The legislature, predictably, tossed out these offsets ....

... Fat chance of the Feds giving us that much now ....

... there are a lot of different taxes that go into the price at the pump ....

... Here’s a list of some of the eyebrow-raising bills that have gone to the fifth floor ....

... Now the important deadlines are June 27, 2022, when the Governor needs to give notice of intent to veto a bill, and July 12, 2022, which is the deadline for the Governor to sign or veto any bills ....

“The general rule is that amounts received by a business that replace income are subject to GET."

... Lawmakers can be very crafty and propose things that don’t look like taxes ....

... Governor Dorothy’s two bills died in the Legislature ....

... DLNR Land Division failed to bill/collect the proper base rents for the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel lease and failed to collect over $500,000 ....

... DoTax hides the EITC application form so you can't apply for the credit ....

... some legislation that has the potential to change our tax system in very bold ways ....

... people on the lower end of the income spectrum spend comparatively more of their hard-earned dollars on general excise tax ....

... 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 ....

... Some that are likely to get resurrected or with their content inserted into another vehicle ....

... “wealth tax” in Senate Bill 3182 ....

... late filing penalties, which are now 5% a month but are capped at 25%, can go to 75% ....

... Medicare will only reimburse medical work at “reasonable charges” and will not reimburse the doctors for the GET they have to pay ....

... It’s 2022, and the agency is still working on 2014 and 2015 money ....

... Hold on to your wallet ....

... Want to pass one of these bills?  Go ahead, make my day! ....

... Their recommendation:  “Tax pension and other retirement income...."

... With this kind of money projected to come in the door, politicians of all stripes are staying up nights plotting and planning how to spend it ....

... The 2022 Legislative Briefings will be held via Zoom on the following Tuesdays from 7:30 am- 8:30 am ....

...  So what have we done with the federal TANF money?  We’ve let it pile up unused ....

... This is not the only recommendation the Tax Review Commission came up with ....

... a chance to get in front of lawmakers and argue that we aren’t being taxed enough ....

... these debates are meaningless ....

... DoTax wants years of back GE Taxes ....

... a “state of emergency,” which causes the Governor’s powers to kick in, is supposed to terminate automatically after sixty days ....

... Once upon a time there were some property developers on Oahu ....

... In more recent years, the Hawaii Supreme Court has been giving the tax office even more help and protection ....

... A person challenging a bill still needs to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the bill is unconstitutional.  And remember, it took a 3-2 vote to hold that recidivism and hurricane shelters are unrelated ....

... The Honolulu City Council wants to raise money for the Honolulu Police Department by adding a surcharge to traffic fines ....