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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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SB56 tax scare could have long-lasting effect
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:02 PM :: 3220 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... it is doubtful any of Hawaii’s proposed tax increases this year will, if enacted, achieve the goal of increasing state revenues. More likely, they will further damage the economy and prompt even more of our family, friends and neighbors to move away ....
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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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Doctors Tell State of Hawaii: ‘I’m leaving’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 AM :: 10326 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes, COVID-19
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... There are few things more nonsensical than encouraging doctors to leave a state during a pandemic, but that is exactly what the Hawaii State Legislature is doing ....
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Sunday, March 21, 2021 |
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National Attention!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3559 Views :: Taxes
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“...Confiscation in Paradise: Move to Hawaii, pay the nation’s highest state income-tax rate....”
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Saturday, March 20, 2021 |
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"No new taxes"-- Testimony to Hawaii Tax Review Commission
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:28 PM :: 2584 Views :: Taxes
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... the Hawaii Tax Review Commission conducts a systematic review of Hawaii’s tax structure ....
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Friday, March 19, 2021 |
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Grassroot Institute Legislative Update
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:55 AM :: 4918 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Hawaii's Legislature is about halfway through its 2021 session, and if we're lucky, the good will outweigh the bad when it's over ....
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Friday, March 19, 2021 |
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House Finance Committee Approves State Budget – with Amendments
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 3682 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... The $1.6 billion in federal funds allocated to the State in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides a temporary reprieve for the State's financial crisis. ....
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 |
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Raising Hawaii taxes could worsen MD shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:58 PM :: 4601 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... Lawmakers may impose the highest income tax in the nation on Hawaii residents making over $200,000, and this may be damaging to Hawaii's health system ....
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Sunday, March 14, 2021 |
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C’mon, Let’s Soak the Rich!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3166 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... a kind of crabs-in-the-bucket argument ....
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Friday, March 12, 2021 |
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House Republicans: "Tax Increase Will Hurt Hawaii"
By News Release @ 10:23 PM :: 3114 Views :: Republican Party, Taxes
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"...It's going to discourage economic growth that has already stalled...."
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Friday, March 12, 2021 |
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Hawai'i Senators Bungle Major Tax Vote
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:16 PM :: 2632 Views :: Taxes
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“...Hawaii: First in taxation, last in affordability....”
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Friday, March 12, 2021 |
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Does the American Rescue Plan Ban State Tax Cuts?
By Tax Foundation @ 1:47 PM :: 3158 Views :: Taxes, COVID-19
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... Some states have experienced meaningful revenue declines. But many don’t have losses to offset, so they would have to identify other ways to spend a large infusion of one-time money ....
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Friday, March 12, 2021 |
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Public outrage grows after Senators OK huge tax hike
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:16 AM :: 3622 Views :: Taxes
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... SB56 contains so many tax increases it's hard to fathom, yet at the end of the day, only one Hawaii senator opposed it ....
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Sunday, March 7, 2021 |
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The Enola Gay Has Left the Hangar
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2860 Views :: Taxes
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... Senate Bill 56, with the ominous title “Relating to Revenue Generation,” has been granted its first hearing by the Senate Ways and Means Committee ....
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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Tax proposals defy common sense
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:01 PM :: 2916 Views :: Taxes
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... The Hawai'i Legislature may be hard at work, but it looks like common sense is on vacation ....
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021 |
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Ige Signs Bill Lowering Unemployment Tax
By News Release @ 8:24 PM :: 4220 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... The measure allows employers to pay, on average, less than half of what they would otherwise pay into the system ....
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021 |
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VIDEO: What to watch out for at the Legislature
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:50 AM :: 2864 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Lawmakers are planning to increase taxes and regulations this year, but there are better ways to help Hawaii's economy prosper ....
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Monday, March 1, 2021 |
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HB1314: Grabs TAT from Counties
By Tax Foundation @ 8:13 PM :: 3089 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... Repeals the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenue to the counties ....
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Sunday, February 28, 2021 |
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More Taxes for Movies and TV
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:25 AM :: 3466 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... “I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.” ....
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Saturday, February 27, 2021 |
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Seven Tax Hike Bills on the Move
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:06 PM :: 3211 Views :: Taxes
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... many tax increases, fees, and surcharges that have been proposed this legislative session. Hawaii residents are already among the most taxed in the country; the state has the second highest overall tax burden in the U.S. ....
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Saturday, February 27, 2021 |
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Hawaii Among States Taxing Forgiven PPP Loans
By Tax Foundation @ 7:36 PM :: 6690 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... If policymakers wish to avoid imposing taxes on these small business lifelines they need to act quickly, as tax deadlines are fast approaching ....
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Saturday, February 27, 2021 |
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Tax Hike Plan: Hawaii Carbon Pricing Study Released
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 4466 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... to cost the State at least $19,000,000,000 ....
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Thursday, February 25, 2021 |
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Good grief, do our lawmakers not know we're in a depression?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:34 PM :: 3708 Views :: Taxes
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... every proposal in the 2021 Legislature that would increase Hawaii's tax burden ....
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Sunday, February 21, 2021 |
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Maintenance of Effort
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3530 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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... We need to start recognizing that this “dedicated funding source” rhetoric is taking us down the wrong path ....
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Saturday, February 20, 2021 |
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Stop playing with the numbers
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:36 AM :: 3528 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... When it comes to budgets and accounting, politicians have successfully convinced voters that the ordinary rules of fiscal accountability shouldn’t apply to government ....
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Thursday, February 18, 2021 |
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Sugar Tax Drives People to Drink
By Tax Foundation @ 11:38 PM :: 2903 Views :: Taxes
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... A 2012 study at Cornell University found that, when faced with a new soda tax, many households reduced their soda consumption while purchasing an increased amount of beer ....
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Sunday, February 14, 2021 |
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Taxes: More 'Creative' Thought at Our Legislature
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2740 Views :: Taxes
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... Hold on to your wallets, folks, because this year’s great legislative adventure has just begun! ....
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Friday, February 12, 2021 |
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Bills on the Move: Conveyance Tax, Pension Suspension, Un-Affordable Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:28 AM :: 4577 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes, COVID-19
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... increasing Hawaii's tax burden at a time when its economy is in its worst depression ever ....
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Friday, February 12, 2021 |
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Tax Frenzy at the Legislature - No one's wallet is safe!
By Video @ 3:03 AM :: 5418 Views :: DHHL, Energy, Gambling, Taxes, Tourism
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... tax-related bills pending at the Legislature, including legalizing gambling, new conveyance taxes, new rental vehicle taxes, new carbon taxes, new proposed constitutional amendment ....
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Thursday, February 11, 2021 |
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To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Individual Income Taxes?
By Tax Foundation @ 2:06 AM :: 3382 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... 23.3% of Hawaii tax collections come from income taxes ....
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021 |
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FY2021: State Tax Receipts Down 16.4%
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 2863 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... General Excise and Use Tax (GET) collections are down by 21.8% from last fiscal year ....
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Monday, February 8, 2021 |
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Comparing State Corporate Income Tax Rates
By Tax Foundation @ 4:16 AM :: 3978 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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... Hawaii Corporate Income tax tops out at 6.4% ....
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Sunday, February 7, 2021 |
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What Are They Thinking?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3705 Views :: Economy, Taxes
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"... At the Legislature, committee hearings have begun in earnest and it doesn’t seem at all like we are in an economic crisis ...."
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Sunday, February 7, 2021 |
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Bill 31: Former Meth-head Helps Sand Island Lobby for Property Tax Cap
By Andrew Walden @ 3:02 AM :: 6092 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Taxes, COVID-19
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... It is naturally hard to say no to an ex-tweeker who, at Bishop Estate, achieved the kind of things most Honolulu politicians can only dream of ....
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Saturday, February 6, 2021 |
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COVID Unemployment Insurance Relief on Fast Track for Approval
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 4154 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Ige must sign a bill into law before March in order to prevent automatic assessment increases from being triggered ....
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021 |
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How tax hikes will harm economic recovery
By Video @ 4:32 AM :: 2558 Views :: Taxes
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... lawmakers' plans to tax the economy could hurt struggling residents and businesses recovering from the depression ....
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Sunday, January 31, 2021 |
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Grim Reality of Unemployment Taxes
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4883 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Our unemployment system, as of January 8, 2021, has paid out $3.4 billion in unemployment benefits ....
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Friday, January 29, 2021 |
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Higher revenues without higher taxes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:19 PM :: 2728 Views :: Taxes
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... new tax bills, sometimes dressed up as “surcharges,” “fees” or “closing loopholes” ....
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 |
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Hawaii 9th-Most Reliant on Sales Taxes
By Tax Foundation @ 11:00 AM :: 3363 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... 36.7% of State revenue comes from GE Tax ....
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 |
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Labor unions push lawmakers to drop GET on groceries
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 4606 Views :: Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... ILWU, Teamsters, IATSE, UFCW ....
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 |
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Legislators introduce dozens of tax hike bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:18 AM :: 4028 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Hawaii's economy is on the ropes right now, but that hasn't stopped some legislators from going all in with new tax-increase proposals ....
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Sunday, January 24, 2021 |
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More Taxes on the Rich – But Guess What, You’re Rich
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:16 AM :: 4499 Views :: Taxes
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... Ige’s Chief of Staff and former Director of Taxation Linda Chu Takayama told the House Finance Committee a little more about the revenue enhancement measures (tax hikes) that the Administration is going to propose ....
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Sunday, January 17, 2021 |
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Barreling Toward a Tax Hike!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5033 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... “the carbon tax” is most likely the “barrel tax” ....
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Friday, January 15, 2021 |
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When saving money isn't really
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:31 PM :: 4615 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes, COVID-19
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... that $2 billion in “savings” is going to end up costing the taxpayers almost four times as much in the long term ....
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Sunday, January 10, 2021 |
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Scrutinize the Big Agencies!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3495 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... There is still a lot of real estate between $0.3 billion and $1.4 billion a year ....
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Friday, January 8, 2021 |
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Don't rely on pennies from heaven
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:40 PM :: 3159 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... This week, we got our first real glimpse of Gov. David Ige’s proposed budget. ...
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Friday, January 8, 2021 |
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'You can't spend money you don't have'
By Video @ 4:15 AM :: 3318 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Barabara Marumoto, architect of the state's legal spending cap, continues to believe Hawaii needs better budgeting practices ....
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Tuesday, December 29, 2020 |
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Hawaii 4th-Highest Champagne Taxes in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 3:58 AM :: 3227 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... if your festivities still include popping a bottle of bubbly, the champagne you toast with will be taxed ....
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Thursday, December 24, 2020 |
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$1 billion tax hike ahead?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 5996 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Governor being coy in new budget about tax increases totaling $1 billion ....
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Sunday, December 20, 2020 |
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Don’t Give Me Back Rent, I Want to Continue Hiding from Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5089 Views :: Law Enforcement, Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Developments during this COVID crisis have brought out tax scofflaws in some of the most unexpected ways ....
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Saturday, December 19, 2020 |
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Tax hikes coming — really?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:15 AM :: 3579 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... the only two things that are certain in life are debt and taxes ....
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