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Tuesday, March 28, 2017 |
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Taxpayer Return on Investment? Hawaii ranks 49th
By Selected News Articles @ 8:15 PM :: 4991 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...contrasting state and local tax collections with the quality of the services residents receive....
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Sunday, March 26, 2017 |
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Yes, Toto, Tourists Also Pay Real Property Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6558 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...this study appeared to be an outgrowth of a move by our teachers’ union....
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Sunday, March 19, 2017 |
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A Constitutional Amendment for Education Wars, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5320 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...two bills are moving through the legislature on this subject....
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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Grassroot Institute Urges Caution in Light of New Revenue Projection
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:12 AM :: 4994 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Watchdog Group Says State Budget Must be Reevaluated....
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Sunday, March 12, 2017 |
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A Constitutional Amendment for Education Wars
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6388 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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The "shall make sufficient sums available" language is used in one more place in our constitution. It's in Article XII, Section 1, relating to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Is Hawaii's Hotel Room Tax Law Obsolete?
By UHERO @ 6:59 PM :: 4877 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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With tax collections falling behind expectations, State lawmakers are pressuring the tax department to increase effort to collect uncollected taxes from internet sales....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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DBEDT Report Designed to Help HSTA Write Slush Fund into Constitution?
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 5869 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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DBEDT is measuring dollars not taxpayers. One out-of-state owner of a shopping mall, golf course, or hotel equals 1000s of individual local homeowners....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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SB1183: A Victory for the People (for now)
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:09 PM :: 4936 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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It's true that the session is far from over. And this bill could certainly end up morphing yet again....
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 |
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“Second home” tax may put affordable homes out of reach
By Selected News Articles @ 10:23 PM :: 5194 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...this policy likely would backfire and make all housing in the islands more expensive....
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Sunday, March 5, 2017 |
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One Integrated Approach to Tax Fairness?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 3724 Views :: Taxes
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House Bill 1586 is a multi-faceted bill that seeks to change some of the characteristics of our tax system....
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Thursday, March 2, 2017 |
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What you can do to help contain taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:05 PM :: 3736 Views :: Taxes
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... the Honolulu Star-Advertiser noted with apparent alarm the “uncommonly heavy load of tax proposals still moving through both state Capitol chambers” ....
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Monday, February 27, 2017 |
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Corporate Income Tax—50-State Comparison
By Selected News Articles @ 6:23 PM :: 5566 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii Corporate Income over $100K is taxed at 6.4% ....
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Sunday, February 26, 2017 |
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Hawaii Legislature Obamacare Heavy
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5768 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...the amount of the penalty could be as much as $695 x 2 adults plus $695 x ½ x 3 kids = $2,432.50....
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Friday, February 24, 2017 |
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It Doesn’t Always Pay to Make More
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:04 PM :: 4558 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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In just this legislative session, we've seen attempts to make the surcharge a permanent part of life.... We've seen proposed income tax increases. There's even an attempt to write a tax...into the state Constitution....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Earn $50K? Hawaii Takes More From Your Paycheck Than Any Other State
By Selected News Articles @ 5:48 PM :: 5291 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and if you earn $100K, Hawaii is 3rd-highest....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Forbes: Taxes Make Hawaii One of 10 Worst States for High Earners
By Selected News Articles @ 1:58 PM :: 5386 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and Legislators are pushing HB209 to make those rates even higher....
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Sunday, February 19, 2017 |
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The Need for Tax Vigilance in 2017
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4224 Views :: Taxes
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The sheer number of bills related to tax or public finance is staggering. It's much more frenetic this year than in any other year I've been in this position....
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Monday, February 13, 2017 |
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HSTA Rallies for $500M Tax Hike on Renters—House Approves on 2nd Read
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 7993 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...UHERO: ‘Discriminatory’ HSTA Property Tax Plan hits Renters Hardest....
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 |
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UHERO Slams the Skim
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5690 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the State is making a ton of money off the skim....
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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HIDOT Mileage Fee: Meet Big Brother the Taxman
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:45 PM :: 5249 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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...the system knows the driver's exact route, his speed compliance and provides ratings for his braking and cornering performance. Too much info in the hands of the government....
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Friday, February 10, 2017 |
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Demanding a Tax Hike, HSTA to Rally at Capitol
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 6888 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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to lobby for a constitutional amendment that will drastically increase property taxes....
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Thursday, February 9, 2017 |
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2017 Honolulu Rail: Advice to the Legislature
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:56 AM :: 5262 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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The Legislature should not approve any extensions of the GET and it should pass a bill directing the city to handle current and future deficits with its own resources. This offers hope for some accountability and cost containment....
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017 |
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A 1-2 punch of tax proposals
By Rachelle Chang @ 12:25 PM :: 7418 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Rail, Taxes
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The State kept 10% of the surcharge collected or $25.92 million – which is more than the Department of Taxation’s entire Fiscal Year 2016 operating budget of $24 million....
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Sunday, February 5, 2017 |
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Vacation Rentals: Tax Hike Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Selected News Articles @ 6:47 PM :: 6591 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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There are 20 bills currently on the table dealing with vacation rentals....
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Sunday, February 5, 2017 |
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Don’t mug taxpayers to pay for Hawaii’s high cost of living
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:01 AM :: 4087 Views :: Taxes
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...give everybody a pay raise--by cutting taxes....
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Sunday, February 5, 2017 |
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Unfunded Pensions – Tip of the Iceberg?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6301 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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Is a 7% return on investment sustainable into the future? Another organization that studied the issue said that a more realistic rate of return would be the “risk-free” rate, which they calculated at 2.344%....
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Sunday, February 5, 2017 |
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SB938: End the State Rail Tax Skim
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:37 AM :: 4929 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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the Department of Taxation has been allowed to keep a full 10% of the rail surcharge for the costs of administering it, despite the fact that the law directs DOTAX to calculate how much is required for its management of the surcharge, then return the remainder to the rail project....
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Saturday, February 4, 2017 |
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UHERO: ‘Discriminatory’ HSTA Property Tax Plan hits Renters Hardest
By UHERO @ 12:22 AM :: 7429 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...an owner of an investment property in Honolulu worth less than half a million dollars can expect to see his (her) combined City and State property tax bill double....
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Friday, February 3, 2017 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Bites into 99.21% of personal income
By Tax Foundation @ 4:52 PM :: 4741 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, but it taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state’s personal income....
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Friday, February 3, 2017 |
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UHERO: The Exorbitant Cost of Collecting Honolulu’s Rail Surcharge Tax
By UHERO @ 1:43 AM :: 4904 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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Hawaii’s State Government has unnecessarily profited from the Honolulu rail project....
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Thursday, February 2, 2017 |
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Recycling Company Cited for Water Pollution
By News Release @ 10:08 AM :: 6867 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes
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The company had also placed discarded materials and equipment in a drainage ditch that is recognized as a state water body and protected by state and federal regulations....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 |
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‘Challenging and exciting times’
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:07 PM :: 5242 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...challenging times include high shipping costs, high taxes, a high rate of public sector unionism, shaky government pension programs, inadequate housing supply and pervasive homelessness, excessive business and employment regulations, cronyism and corruption....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 |
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SB938: Eliminate DoTax 10% Rail Skim
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:58 PM :: 5715 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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Grassroot Institute Urges Legislature to Act on Surcharge "Skimming"....
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Friday, January 27, 2017 |
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Governor says treat symptoms, not causes of our economic woes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:42 PM :: 5115 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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3,600 words full of spending proposals and sunny guarantees about the future....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017 |
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Making property taxes less taxing
By Rachelle Chang @ 11:58 PM :: 4769 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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A few weeks ago, Hawaii homeowners received their 2017 property tax assessments. It was not a pleasant way to end the holidays or start the new year....
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Sunday, January 22, 2017 |
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Funding Nonexistent People
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6431 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...our state government paid half a million dollars in pension payments to people who were already dead. Well, then, what do you think of budgeting many times that amount for people who don’t even exist?....
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Thursday, January 19, 2017 |
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Privatize: “Not one penny more for rail"
By Rep Gene Ward @ 1:08 PM :: 5443 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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"We’ve got to wake up and sell development rights along the rail, like they do in Japan and Hong Kong."
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017 |
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Hawaii Among Most Expensive States for Smokers
By Selected News Articles @ 1:55 PM :: 5634 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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...Total Cost Per Smoker: $2,048,587....
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Sunday, January 15, 2017 |
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Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5216 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes
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On December 13, 2016, Governor Ige signed off on, and thereby finalized, significant increases in fees charged by the Department of Transportation Harbors Division....
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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What's Next for Marijuana Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5439 Views :: Taxes, Drugs
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... legislators are considering a special, higher GET rate for marijuana, but haven’t decided upon that rate yet ....
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Sunday, January 1, 2017 |
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Ige’s Billion Dollar Psych-Out
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5069 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...the Ige Administration has been meeting with the unions....
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Friday, December 30, 2016 |
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10 New Year's Resolutions for Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:55 PM :: 6333 Views :: Hawaii State Government, OHA, Taxes
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Stop the unconstitutional use of public funds to turn native Hawaiians into a race-based tribe. Instead, focus on what would really help them -- like better schools, more housing, and economic development....
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Monday, December 26, 2016 |
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Indigestible: DoTAX 2016 Tax Digest--87 Pages
By News Release @ 10:01 AM :: 3841 Views :: Taxes
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This digest summarizes the Hawaii tax laws enacted during the 2016 Regular Session and the federal tax laws enacted during calendar year 2015....
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Sunday, December 18, 2016 |
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Hawaii Retroactive Tax Hikes Every Year
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5725 Views :: Hawaii History, Taxes
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People get viscerally upset when you tell them they need to follow a rule they didn't know and couldn't have known....
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Thursday, December 15, 2016 |
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Caldwell Raises Property Taxes 5.9% By Jacking up Assessments
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 5425 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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Tomorrow, the city will send approximately 300,000 notices....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 |
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Only 3% of Hawaii Tobacco Taxes Used for Anti-Tobacco Programs
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 5543 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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...The State is the senior partner in the tobacco industry....
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Monday, December 12, 2016 |
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OHA Fishing for Money from Fishermen?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 7410 Views :: OHA, Small Business, Taxes
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OHA may be able to pick boaters’ pockets, but it turns out shore-bound fishermen are protected....
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Sunday, December 11, 2016 |
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Taxes Reaching Back into the Past?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 3856 Views :: Taxes
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If Dot Foods loses, none of us is safe....
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Tuesday, December 6, 2016 |
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Homeowners with Exemptions Reminded to File State Tax Returns—Or Else!
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 6055 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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...due to a change in requirements, those residents who have qualified for exemptions in the past must now file a state resident income tax form or risk being disqualified....
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Thursday, December 1, 2016 |
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Harbors Division Fee Hike designed to boost $77M OHA Slush Fund?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 PM :: 11175 Views :: Economy, OHA, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...OHA milked $12,684,000 from Harbors Division in 2015....
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