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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Takes $8,360 from Family of Four
By Selected News Articles @ 2:03 PM :: 5332 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii General sales tax collections per capita: $2,090 (the highest in USA)....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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Trump Tax In Hawaii?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5575 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...how to adapt the new federal tax law changes to Hawaii....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii GE Tax hits many products multiple times
By Tax Foundation @ 8:16 PM :: 4827 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 105.08 percent of the state’s personal income....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii Legislators Grasping at Straws
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:36 PM :: 5749 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes
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...A bill proposed in the Hawaii Legislature would ban the use of plastic straws. But the problem runs much deeper than the straw bill....
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Saturday, February 10, 2018 |
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Community Meetings Set to Discuss 12.5% Hawaii County GE Tax Hike
By News Release @ 1:43 PM :: 6845 Views :: Hawaii County , Taxes
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...nine meetings set for Feb 12-19th, 2018....
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Thursday, February 8, 2018 |
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50-State Corporate Income Tax Rates and Brackets for 2018
By Tax Foundation @ 10:43 AM :: 6756 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...Forty-four states levy a corporate income tax. Rates range from 3 percent in North Carolina to 12 percent in Iowa....
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii Ranks #4 for Millionaires per Capita
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 5988 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Study shows Democrats have become party of the rich ....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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HSTA Pushing Massive Property Tax Hike
By News Release @ 3:22 PM :: 7511 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Tourism
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....more money and less accountability....
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Monday, January 29, 2018 |
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‘Audit The Rail’ in Twilight Zone
By Joe Kent @ 2:08 AM :: 5927 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes
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...elected officials raised taxes to pay for Honolulu County’s rail system while indicating their intention to conduct an in-depth, forensic audit of the over-budget, behind-schedule megaproject....
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Sunday, January 28, 2018 |
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Oops! DoTax Math Error!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4224 Views :: Taxes
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...“math error authority” brings to mind one of the failings in Hawaii’s tax system....
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Friday, January 26, 2018 |
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Agreement to Fund Government Delays Three Health Care-Related Taxes
By Tax Foundation @ 4:25 PM :: 4635 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...these three health-related taxes would have taken $31.25 billion over the ten-year period from 2018 to 2027....
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Friday, January 26, 2018 |
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Hawaii Cigarette Taxes 5th Highest in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 3:55 PM :: 7352 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Connecticut and New York share the highest tax rate with $4.35 per pack, trailed by Rhode Island ($4.25), Massachusetts ($3.51), and Hawaii ($3.20)....
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Sunday, January 21, 2018 |
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Small Business Tax Cut: Will Hawaii Legislature Conform?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3653 Views :: Taxes
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...lawmakers will be asked to conform our Hawaii income tax law to the federal changes that have taken place in 2017....
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Sunday, January 21, 2018 |
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SB2654: Tax E-Liquids, Ban Online Tobacco Purchases
By Selected News Articles @ 1:08 AM :: 5846 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...adds e-liquid to the definition of “tobacco products”, which would make all provisions of the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law that relate to tobacco products applicable to e-liquid....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
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State doubles fee for marine licenses
By News Release @ 4:13 AM :: 5450 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes
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... whether they’re full-time fishers or “weekend warriors” ....
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Sunday, January 14, 2018 |
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Trump Tax: Will Hawaii Legislature Conform?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4821 Views :: Taxes
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...If they don’t, it will be functionally the same as raising taxes....
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Thursday, January 11, 2018 |
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DoTax Data: 25,500 Vacation Rentals paying TAT in Hawaii
By Rep Gene Ward @ 7:15 PM :: 5897 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Tourism
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..."This means there are way more than suspected filers actually paying their transient accommodation taxes than originally estimated"....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018 |
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Republican Tax Cuts Will Lower Hawaii Electric Bills
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 6047 Views :: Energy, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...State and federal taxes are included in the base electric rate and with a lower federal tax, the tax rate imbedded in the bill will be reduced....
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Sunday, January 7, 2018 |
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GEMS Takes One on the Chin from the PUC
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 7310 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...the PUC has basically said that it expects the program to crash and burn....
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Thursday, January 4, 2018 |
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Honolulu GOP: Key Issues in 2018 Legislature
By Brett Kulbis @ 4:49 PM :: 9998 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Life, Republican Party, Second Amendment, Taxes
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...look for the following bills to be revived in the 2018 legislative session....
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Sunday, December 31, 2017 |
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Report: Hawaii’s Billion-Dollar Consensus Proves Nobody Really Believes in Sea Level Rise
By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 9673 Views :: Environment, Rail, Taxes
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...This ‘consensus’ of disbelief is proven by the massive investment in sea-level construction of Kakaako condos and Honolulu Rail....
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Sunday, December 31, 2017 |
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What’s a Carbon Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4165 Views :: Taxes
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...Recently, the Hawaii Tax Review Commission’s primary consultant, PFM Group, issued a final report to the Commission asking it to review many taxing alternatives, including a $360M per year “carbon tax” on Hawaii consumers....
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Friday, December 29, 2017 |
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Federal tax plan exposes Hawaii’s high taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:36 PM :: 4480 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...this could make Hawaii and other high-tax states less competitive for their wealthiest earners, since those residents will be less able to deduct the high local taxes....
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Friday, December 29, 2017 |
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Federal tax reform a reason for cheer
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:00 PM :: 4217 Views :: Taxes
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...This week, an actress did something almost unheard of. She apologized for spreading misinformation about the new tax law....
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Saturday, December 23, 2017 |
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Important Tax Law Changes for 2018
By News Release @ 1:05 AM :: 6512 Views :: Taxes
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...State tax law changes impacting businesses and individuals....
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Thursday, December 21, 2017 |
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Tupola: Hawaii Families Will Benefit from Tax Cut
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 5818 Views :: Republican Party, Taxes
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...the new tax plan will impact Hawai‘i by adding 1,518 new jobs and predicts a $793 after-tax income increase for middle-income families....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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State pension woes raise specter of county bankruptcies
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:15 PM :: 9506 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Taxes
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...Hokama also asked Thom Williams, executive director of the ERS, if the debt would still be owed if the county went bankrupt....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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Bureaucracy thwarts state modernization
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:07 PM :: 5910 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...Hawaii’s entrenched state and county bureaucracies delaying the advance of high technology into their own operations....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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Who Gets a Tax Cut Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?
By Tax Foundation @ 11:48 AM :: 5337 Views :: Taxes
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...To help provide a sense of how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would impact real taxpayers, we’ve run the taxes of eight example households....
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii 3rd-Highest Tax Revenue Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 1:53 PM :: 4272 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...$4,540 a year in tax revenue per resident....
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Sunday, December 10, 2017 |
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Voluntary Additional Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4048 Views :: Taxes
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...This will give Warren Buffett et al a chance to “walk the walk” and pay millions more....
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Thursday, December 7, 2017 |
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Ige Appoints DLIR Director to Head DoTax
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 5988 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...Takayama has served as the director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) since April 2015. She will assume her new position on Monday, Dec. 11....
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Sunday, December 3, 2017 |
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The Tax Administration Slush Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4536 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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...the Tax Administration Special Fund is becoming an all-purpose slush fund for which corrective action is needed....
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Sunday, November 26, 2017 |
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DOTAX Litigation: Are Car Rentals “Tourism Related Services”?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5244 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Should they re-evaluate their tax filings now that the Department’s litigation position is out in the public for all to see?
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Monday, November 20, 2017 |
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What's in the Secret Air BnB Agreement?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 AM :: 7661 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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...This report evaluates twelve publicly released agreements that Airbnb has entered with state or local governments....
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Sunday, November 19, 2017 |
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DoTax: No End to Litigation, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5223 Views :: Judiciary, Taxes
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...The Department apparently regards the taxpayers here as lower life forms and wants to give them no respect....
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Friday, November 17, 2017 |
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Understanding the Congressional tax bill
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:16 PM :: 3734 Views :: Taxes
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There’s a lot of news out there about the tax bills before the Congress, and nearly all of it is confusing....
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017 |
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Auditor: DoTax Funds ‘Do not meet Criteria’
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:15 PM :: 5270 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Review of Special Funds, Revolving Funds, Trust Funds, and Trust Accounts of the Department of Taxation....
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Monday, November 13, 2017 |
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Republican Tax Cut Plan Would Give $3174 to Average Hawaii Household
By Tax Foundation @ 2:33 PM :: 5095 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...The increase in family incomes is the result of both the income tax cuts and the broader rise in productivity and wages due to economic growth....
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Sunday, November 12, 2017 |
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Department of Taxation Customer Service – Don’t’ Be a Victim
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 3759 Views :: Taxes
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“I object to the use of the word ‘customer.’ It certainly doesn’t feel like that type of relationship to me. Maybe ‘hostage’?”
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Sunday, November 5, 2017 |
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A DOTax Nightmare: No End to Litigation
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4117 Views :: Taxes
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Halloween may be over, but we still have lots of scary stories!
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Friday, November 3, 2017 |
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GOP Tax Plan Will End Federal Subsidy for Unaffordable Housing and High Tax Localities
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 4:10 AM :: 9320 Views :: National News, Republican Party, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...repeals the state and local tax deduction for income and sales taxes and caps the SALT deduction for property taxes at $10,000. The home mortgage interest is grandfathered in and preserved for new homes up to $500,000....
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Sunday, October 29, 2017 |
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Tax Conference 2017: Hawaii’s Taxes, from the Outside Looking In
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:18 AM :: 5319 Views :: Taxes
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Hawaii’s tax and public pension systems will be put under the microscope at a series of three free panel discussions hosted by Hawaii Rep. Andria Tupola, on Thursday, Nov. 2....
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Friday, October 27, 2017 |
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Corporate Taxes -- Hawaii Ranks 14th
By Tax Foundation @ 3:26 AM :: 6364 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...Hawaii dropped from 11th for 2017 to 14th for 2018....
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Thursday, October 26, 2017 |
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IRS Admits Harassment of Maui TEA Party Group, Apologizes
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 7248 Views :: Ethics, Taxes, TEA Party
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...In Proposed Settlement, IRS Admits Wrongdoing, Apologizes for Targeting Tea Party and Conservative Groups....
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Sunday, October 22, 2017 |
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DoTax Leaves Fewer Callers in the Dust
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5696 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Did DOTAX Turn the Corner on Customer Service?....
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Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
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Moody's: Hawaii has Already Collected the Taxes for Next Recession
By Selected News Articles @ 9:47 AM :: 5573 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii has enough in cash reserves to weather next recession, report says....
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 |
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Business Taxes: Hawaii Ranks 27th
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 5764 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...The State Business Tax Climate Index is a measure of how well states structure their tax systems....
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 |
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Rep Andria Tupola to Host Hawaii Tax Conference
By News Release @ 3:14 PM :: 4436 Views :: Taxes
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...with speakers from the Reason Foundation, Tax Foundation, and Pew Charitable Trusts to inform the public on ways we can solve many of our fiscal problems and make our economy better....
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Sunday, October 15, 2017 |
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Incentives for Retirement Savings
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4133 Views :: Taxes
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...During the past few months, the Tax Review Commission has been busy at work....
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