Taxes

...Each volunteer will choose one of three technologies for reporting vehicle mileage automatically....

...there is a plethora of requests for “special funds” in the 2020 Legislature....

...‘Cost of Ownership & Maintenance’ highest in USA....

...how do we attract more doctors to Hawaii — and keep the ones we still have?....

...Exempting medical services would help patients and stem the doctor shortage....

...a case for the Hawaii community to focus on “the future fiscal capacity of Hawaii state and local governments.”....

...House Bill 2728 implements a $5 surcharge for all overseas flights except for interisland travel....

...The challenge: Making rainwater into an excuse for you to pay more taxes....

...While people have focused on the city’s $2.6 billion pension debt, its debt related to retiree health care benefits is almost as high at $2.2 billion....

...Docs are channeling their inner Rambo: “I love my country! I just want it to love us back.”....

...In FY 2019, total State tax collections were $8.28 billion, a 4.8% increase from FY 2018 which were $7.9 billion....

...After this one-two punch, many more businesses that sell to Hawaii customers are going to find themselves with Hawaii tax obligations....

...The sales tax in Hawaii has a broad base that include many business-to-business services....

"...legislative package of bills to reduce income inequality...."

...tax assessments were inconsistent and inequitable, exemption and dedication property requirements were violated, and taxes assessed did not reflect the highest and best use of the properties....

...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii urges the Legislature to rein in spending and taxes....

...With an 11% top rate, many Hawaii residents are looking for two tickets out of paradise....

...Hawaii taxes champagne at the rate of $2.12 per gallon--5th highest in USA....

...State tax hikes taking effect January 1, 2020....

...First they came for the owners of million-dollar homes, but I didn’t speak against it because I didn’t have a million-dollar home....

...tax hikes coming....

...The bill would classify bed and breakfast homes and other transient vacation rental units as “hotel and resort” for property tax purposes....

...the property tax component of the 2020 State Business Tax Climate Index....

... Fitch Ratings upgraded the state’s general obligation bond rating from AA to AA+ ....

...the landscape here is filled with complexity and disparities between transportation industries....

...According to BFS, since 2013, the state has not upheld its commitment to provide annual worksheets and timely information to the city....

...spurred by the announced plans of Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to enact a tax on wealth....

...New Jersey Tax Preparer and her Husband Face Prison Terms for Operating Tax Fraud Scheme in which they stole nearly $250,000 from State of Hawaii....

... HDoT's fake ‘report’ will make it seem that you will save money with a road usage charge.  Will you believe them? ....

... which horse do you think finished pulling the wagon first? ....

...How Does Your State Treat Groceries, Candy, and Soda?....

...Hawaii ranks 37th on business tax climate, down 11 places since it re-imposed 3 'temporary' income tax brackets—with a top rate of 11%—and rolled back estate tax reforms....

...Washington State’s 20 percent rate is the highest estate tax rate in the nation, although Hawaii is set to increase its top rate to 20 percent effective January 1, 2020....

...a task force of eminent Hawaii business and other community leaders has just issued a warning that Hawaii’s current rate of government spending is not sustainable....

...The latest entry of the State of the States publication breaks down each governor’s “state of the state” address and identifies strong and weak policy prescriptions within....

...We, among many others, have long warned that if government squeezes our population too hard with taxes, regulations, and other impediments, people will vote. Not necessarily at the ballot box, but with their feet.... 

...The DOE’s inconsistent and problematic implementation of the school impact fee law calls into question the relevance and appropriateness of the fees that have been collected to date....

...the amount of state and local road spending covered by gas taxes, tolls, user fees, and user taxes varies widely among states. It ranges from only 6.9 percent in Alaska to 71 percent in Hawaii....

...Throwback rules can yield exceedingly high and often uncompetitive levels of taxation for some businesses, to the point that the outmigration they generate can more than offset any revenue gains from taxing “nowhere income.”....

...With this final installment, the department will add cigarette/tobacco, fuel and liquor taxes to the new system, completing the configurations needed to administer all Hawaiʻi taxes....

...the taxes that have changed the most dramatically in the past 30 years....

...Withholding is making someone who isn’t liable for tax, but who pays money to someone who is, responsible for collecting and paying the tax to the government.... 

...State Gasoline Tax Rates as of July 2019....

...Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, but it taxes many products multiple times....

...we are starting to see laws passed in the 2019 Legislature take effect....

... a vacant home fee of 5% or 10% ....

...Ige notified legislative leaders and key lawmakers of his Intent to Veto the following 20 measures....

...Recently, we have been getting lots of news about our economy here in the islands, and none of it has been good....