Taxes

...Grassroot Institute says state tax burden continues to stifle economic growth in Hawaii....

December 31, 2015 not only marked the end of the top Hawaii individual income tax rates, but also of some fuel tax provisions....

...Americans will collectively spend more on taxes in 2016 than they will on food, clothing, and housing combined....

...contrasting state and local tax rates with the quality of the services provided....

One of the more interesting bills still alive and being considered this session, is one that would commission a study on the effects of Hawaii’s low real property taxes....

Interview with David Friedman, an economist and professor of law at Santa Clara University....

...Hawaii Cigarette Taxes are $3.20 per pack....

Citing higher property tax valuations this year....

"Judge Nacino’s ruling doesn’t say that no problem exists, but just says that his court isn’t the one that can fix it”

...The hearing will be WEDNESDAY at 10:30am in room 309 at the State Capitol....

...some project that vapor products will surpass traditional cigarettes in consumption over the next decade....

... SD2938 Increased Taxes for Hawaii Drivers ....

...the Department of Taxation and its customer service, or lack thereof....

... Hawaii beer tax is $0.93 per gallon ....

...the lowest 20% of our population pays 13.4% of its income in state and local taxes, while the top 1% pays 7.0%....

Combined with a regulatory scheme that allows the county to intrude on property rights by requiring approval of the "economic feasibility" of a farmer's planned use for his or her land....

This base is far wider than the national median, where the sales tax applies to 34.46 percent of personal income....

Numerous bills that will raise your state taxes are making their way through the Legislature....

In this context, conformity means similarity to the federal tax code....

And Hawaii legislators are considering a gas tax hike ....

...lists and ranks states on 39 different tax and fiscal measures, including: rates, ranks, collections, burdens, and more....

...This repetitive idiocy can cost lots of taxpayer money very quickly....

Our Legislature is in full swing now and is actively considering a number of bills that will increase our cost of living in Hawaii....

Almost every single candidate in both parties has introduced policies that would alter our tax code. However, the approach that candidates have taken differs tremendously....

...tax proposals to watch for – the good, the bad, and the ugly....

Every year, lawmakers seeking to fund their favorite programs or services inevitably ask themselves....

Hawaii state and local taxes are the 4th highest in the USA....

... GE Tax Hikes on the move ....

...seeks to increase the GET by 1% and increases taxable income....

...this prohibition has already passed the U.S. House....

SB 2478--0.5% surcharge to pay for a long-term care benefits program and SB 2599--raise the GET from 4% to 5% to pay for a series of education initiatives....

Temporary tax increases expired in Hawaii. The three top rate brackets were eliminated, and the top marginal rate fell from 11 percent to 8.25 percent....

Apparently GEMS is an attractive target for raiding because a 2014 bond issue raised $150 million for the program and little, if any, capital has been deployed to date....

...the state’s economy will continue to suffer until the regulatory barriers and crippling tax rates for businesses are removed....

Though often thought of as a major tax type, corporate income taxes account for just 5.3 percent of state tax collections nationally ....

...he released seven chickens in the revenue office lobby....

...26 other states and the District of Columbia have implemented a state EITC....

Hawaii State-Local Tax Burden as a Percent of State Income is 10.2%, ranking 14th....

...a net increase of $297.6 million in FY 2017, an increase of 4.4%....

...the new law incorrectly lumps e-cigarettes and lower-risk smokeless tobacco products in with the much more harmful nicotine cigarettes....

Serious students of history may wonder what is going on. There is, after all, a federal law that prevents Hawaii taxes from touching an airline’s gross income....

$104 million in omissions combine with mystery spending cuts to create unrealistic budget scenario....

... states with low levels of support tend to have higher per capita tax collections and populations with lesser reliance on federal assistance ....

A recently published study proposes a pact between the public health community and the vaping community to combat a shared enemy, Big Tobacco....

Hawaii was one of fifteen states that were grandfathered....

Three IT systems that were old, unreliable and costly to maintain were replaced with modern scanning and mail-opening equipment....

Report of the 13-person Working Group....

This Thursday night, millions of Americans will celebrate the New Year with close friends, good food, and champagne....

Hawaii's Green Energy Market Securitization program (GEMS) financed with $145 million in bonds....