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Sunday, September 15, 2024 |
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State Workers Have Immunity – Even Without Being Trump
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1771 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes
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... employees at our State, and the Department of Taxation in particular, have a lot of immunity too ....
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 |
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Tax Hikes Coming: Socialist Legislators Launch 'Peoples Budget'
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 1387 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... the purpose is to reverse Hawaii's historic income tax cuts ....
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 |
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Will Taxes be Increased to Fund 'Vacant Positions'?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:23 AM :: 1507 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... 4,700 positions currently unfilled, including more than 100 that have been vacant for over four years ....
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024 |
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Hawaii Net Loss of 8,896 Residents During COVID
By Tax Foundation @ 2:16 PM :: 1833 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... Notably, four of the top five states Hawaii residents moved to—Texas, Washington, Nevada, and Florida—forgo individual income taxes on wage income ....
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Sunday, September 8, 2024 |
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Give Me Your Documents
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1498 Views :: Taxes
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... I expect the Department’s bill to resurface in the 2025 legislative session ....
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Sunday, September 1, 2024 |
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Four Bills for housing, tax relief at Honolulu, Maui councils
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:48 PM :: 1218 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Development, Tax Credits, Taxes
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“...Help Maui families by allowing more small homes per lot....”
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Sunday, September 1, 2024 |
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Protest Payments
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1114 Views :: Taxes
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... it provides a basis for the courts to get involved if there is some question as to the legitimacy of any fee or tax ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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‘If it can happen in Hawaii, it can happen everywhere’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:57 AM :: 1736 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes
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... legislative victories this year in the areas of taxation, housing, healthcare and other issues ....
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Sunday, August 25, 2024 |
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A California “Fix” Back to ‘66
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1977 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... a formula that exists in the laws of Hawaii, California, and several other states ....
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Friday, August 23, 2024 |
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Reject empty homes tax, focus on policies that work
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:47 AM :: 1407 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... The surcharge would be equal to 1% of the property’s assessed value for the first year the tax is in effect, 2% for the second year and 3% for all tax years thereafter ....
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Sunday, August 18, 2024 |
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Guam: Tax Evasion and Judicial Misconduct
By Court House News @ 6:03 PM :: 1765 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes
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... tax officials allegedly declined to pursue complaints and reports about certain tax avoiders ....
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Saturday, August 17, 2024 |
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Empty homes tax haunts us again
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:18 PM :: 1826 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... it’s important to differentiate between good intentions and good policy ....
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Saturday, August 10, 2024 |
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A Legislative Analyst Office Created Decades Ago That Still Doesn’t Exist
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2033 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... an Office of the Legislative Analyst that is supposed to come up with revenue estimates for significant tax and spending bills ....
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024 |
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Raising Taxes on So-Called 'Empty' Houses will not create More Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:04 PM :: 2006 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... After three years of nonpayment, the city would be allowed to seize the property ....
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Saturday, August 3, 2024 |
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Researching State Tax Law
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1091 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits, Taxes
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“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
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Thursday, July 25, 2024 |
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Hawaii to Become one of the best states in terms of income tax?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:50 PM :: 1456 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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“ ... Hawaii goes from being the second worst to one of the best states in terms of taxation .... ”
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Monday, July 22, 2024 |
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Hawaii Income Tax Cut--‘something to cheer about’
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:39 PM :: 1059 Views :: Taxes
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... HB2025, a historic state income tax cut that will save taxpayers billions of dollars in coming years ....
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Saturday, July 20, 2024 |
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Let legislators know how much you appreciate tax cut
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 PM :: 802 Views :: Taxes
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... Hawaii state legislators voted unanimously to enact a historic tax cut that will save taxpayers more than $5 billion over the next six years ....
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Saturday, July 20, 2024 |
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Why an Annual GET Return?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 928 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... For those of you who pay GET, here’s a quick quiz....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Tax relief in Hawaii isn’t just affordable, it’s vital
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:43 PM :: 1042 Views :: Taxes
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... Hawaii Council of Revenues recently estimated it expects state tax revenues to total about $9.5 billion this year ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Agriculture: Record Spending on Invasive Species
By News Release @ 3:05 AM :: 1123 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Record funding for biosecurity measures approved by the state Legislature this year will expand the state’s efforts to stop the spread of invasive species such as little fire ants, the coconut rhinoceros beetle and coqui frogs ....
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Sunday, July 14, 2024 |
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Tax Cuts: We Need to Keep What We’ve Won
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1215 Views :: Taxes
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... the largest tax cut in Hawaii’s history ....
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Friday, July 12, 2024 |
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Green says major budget reform begins next year
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 AM :: 1087 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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... Hawaii lawmakers enacted a large income tax cut this year, and major budget reform will begin next year to ensure it stays in place, Gov. Josh Green said ....
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Sunday, July 7, 2024 |
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The Importance of Conformity
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 951 Views :: Taxes
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... Recently, Governor Green, without much fanfare, signed into law a number of bills that had been proposed by the Department of Taxation ....
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Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
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Freedom in Hawaii is having a moment
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:24 AM :: 1303 Views :: Development, Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... This year our freedoms were expanded with the passage by our state lawmakers of important legislation. Those expansions covered taxes, housing and healthcare ....
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Saturday, June 29, 2024 |
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Can Hawaii afford climate change lawsuit settlement?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 AM :: 1374 Views :: Energy, Environment, Taxes, Cost of Living
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"...There's going to be some pain...."
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Sunday, June 23, 2024 |
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What You Ask
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 974 Views :: Taxes
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... Here are some of the traps I’ve seen ....
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Friday, June 21, 2024 |
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More Taxes and Fewer Lanes: Green, DoT, Eco-Lawyers 'Sue and Settle' Scheme
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1611 Views :: Energy, Environment, Taxes
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... The young plaintiffs are more likely to move to Las Vegas because of this settlement ....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024 |
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Maui Council updates county’s ‘circuit breaker’ home tax credit
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:48 AM :: 919 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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“...Increasing the maximum value of the credit is a good idea because it would offset some of the effects of increased assessments...."
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Monday, June 17, 2024 |
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Hawaii Beer Taxes 4th-Highest in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 3:45 PM :: 1267 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii taxes beer at $0.93 per gallon ....
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Sunday, June 16, 2024 |
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Budgeting Backwards
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1233 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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... there is now, government-wide, about a 30% vacancy rate in the number of authorized positions ....
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Saturday, June 15, 2024 |
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Can Hawaii afford its new income tax cuts?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:24 PM :: 1113 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Hawaii taxpayers are expected to save about $1.2 billion in 2030 ....
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Friday, June 14, 2024 |
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‘If you are paying into the income tax, you are going to feel this cut’
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:53 AM :: 1089 Views :: Development, Taxes
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... a household making the median income in Hawaii of around $91,000 that currently owes about $5,300 in income taxes will incrementally see that amount owed go down to $1,600 by 2031 ....
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Sunday, June 9, 2024 |
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Hawaii has a lot of room for new ideas
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 PM :: 924 Views :: Development, Taxes
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... staffers from the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii in attendance at Gov. Josh Green's recent bill-signing ceremonies for historic tax cuts and housing reform ....
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Sunday, June 9, 2024 |
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Some History Behind the Newly Enacted Healthcare GET Exemption
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1219 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... House Finance was persuaded to resurrect SB 1035. It then went to Conference Committee, and it came up with a version that both houses then passed ....
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Saturday, June 8, 2024 |
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Hawaii County Council follows through on proposal to cut homeowner taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:39 PM :: 1394 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Maui County, Development, Taxes
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... Despite the bill's timidity, passage of the bill was still a welcome move ....
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Friday, June 7, 2024 |
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Blue Hawaii takes the plunge on tax cuts
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:01 PM :: 1059 Views :: Taxes
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... In a deep-blue bastion where seldom is heard a peep of pushback against tax hikes, Hawaii legislators surprised everybody last month by unanimously approving a bill that is being heralded as the biggest tax cut in state history ....
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Monday, June 3, 2024 |
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"Historic tax relief that will lower Hawaii’s high cost of living"
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:26 PM :: 3258 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... Akina said HB2404 will incrementally provide Hawaii taxpayers with the biggest income tax cut in state history ....
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Sunday, June 2, 2024 |
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Kauai: Grassroot Legislative Wrapup
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:42 PM :: 1535 Views :: Kauai County, Development, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... It was mostly a good year for Hawaii at the 2024 Legislature, and policy experts from Grassroot will explain how that came to be ....
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Sunday, June 2, 2024 |
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Keeping more of your own money is a good thing
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:26 AM :: 1580 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... passing the biggest income tax cut in state history ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Hawaii County Property Tax Cuts for Homeowners and 'Affordable Rentals'
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:51 PM :: 1698 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... The County Council actually improved on a tax cut proposed by Mayor Roth, but neither version gives a break to industrial or commercial properties ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Tourism-related property tax hike a threat to Kauai economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:46 PM :: 1766 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... a $3.49 million tax increase on hotels and resorts and a $4.15 million increase on vacation rentals ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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Secret Administrative Directives, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1462 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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... secret instructions from the Director of Taxation to his staff ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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Targeting scapegoats affects us all
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:21 AM :: 1301 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... One of the most persistent myths in Hawaii politics is that you can target a single group with a tax hike and not affect anyone else ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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Bills that will ‘truly help the people of Hawaii’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 1475 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes
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... huge wins in the areas of taxes, healthcare and housing reform ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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HB2404 Tax Cut 'the biggest news of the season'
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:17 AM :: 1056 Views :: Taxes
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... HB2404 will lower the state income tax burden for average families by almost 70% by 2031 and save taxpayers roughly $5 billion during that same period ....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |
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GET exemption could be turning point in Hawaii healthcare crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:48 AM :: 1452 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... This year, the Legislature finally listened to their pleas and passed SB1035 ....
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Sunday, May 19, 2024 |
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Secret Administrative Directives, Part 1
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1603 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Taxes
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... DoTax claims Administrative Directives are for “Internal Use” and are not to be disclosed to the public ....
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
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Honolulu cuts budget by $40M; Grassroot says ‘keep going’
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:08 PM :: 1449 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... Most of the targeted savings would come from the operating budget of the city’s Department of Information Technology ....
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Friday, May 17, 2024 |
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Tupola Proposal Lowest TVR Property Taxes for 2025
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:16 AM :: 1810 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... Resolution 24-61 would set the property tax rates for fiscal year 2025 ....
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