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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Speaker among 29 House Democrats Opposing Tax Hikes
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 5854 Views :: Energy, Environment

News Release      September 10, 2012

A group of members of the House of Representatives are opposing a consultant’s tax increase recommendations to the 2010-2012 Tax Review Commission, scheduled to be heard in a public hearing Tuesday in Honolulu.
The hearing will cover a draft report entitled “Study of the Hawaii Tax System: Final Report.”
The report was prepared for the Tax Review Commission by The PFM Group.
Specifically, the House members oppose the following tax increase recommendations:
·       The increase in the general excise tax rate by 0.5 percent
·       The imposition of the income tax on pension income
·       The increase of the corporate income tax rate
·       The elimination of the income tax deduction for real property taxes paid
The members reserved their right to oppose other recommendations in the draft report.
The testimony further states:
“We feel that such a significant net tax increase probably will be detrimental to private businesses, residents, or both, and that PFM has not sufficiently analyzed the impact of the tax increase on the economy, businesses, and residents.”
The testimony in opposition was submitted on behalf of the following:
Henry J.C. Aquino
Karen Awana
Tom Brower
Rida T.R. Cabanilla
Mele Carroll
Pono Chong* (not returning)
Isaac W. Choy
Ty Cullen
Heather H. Giugni* (not returning)
Sharon E. Har
Mark J. Hashem
Robert N. Herkes* (not returning)
Linda Ichiyama
Ken Ito
Jo Jordan
Derek S.K. Kawakami
Marilyn B. Lee
Sylvia Luke
Dee Morikawa
John M. Mizuno
Mark M. Nakashima
Marcus R. Oshiro
Calvin K.Y. Say
James K. Tokioka
Clift Tsuji
Gregg Takayama (Representative-Elect)
Ryan I. Yamane
Kyle T. Yamashita
Jessica Wooley
— Find out more: hawaiihouseblog.blogspot.com

Related:

House Republicans Oppose Proposed GE Tax Increase
Souki’s willing to replace Say if change is in order in House (Notice Souki's name missing from the list of 29 above?)

* Remove three Reps not returning and notice that 26 = 51% of 51.  No coincidence, that!

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