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Thursday, October 9, 2014 |
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Hawaii Ranks 4th on Income but 44th on Federal Taxes Paid
By Selected News Articles @ 5:48 AM :: 5553 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii Ranks 11th overall: 4th on Income, 20th on GDP, and 44th on Federal Taxes....
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
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Gas Tax: Hawaii Ranks #4 in USA
By News Release @ 2:19 AM :: 5188 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The federal government adds 18.40 cents per gallon in each state....
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Monday, October 6, 2014 |
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Study Shows Ige's Tax Hikes Leave Hawaii Far Behind
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 7681 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Politicians, Taxes, Cost of Living
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"Instead of addressing the soaring cost of living facing Hawaii's middle-class families, Senator Ige and Governor Abercrombie piled on even more taxes...."
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Sunday, October 5, 2014 |
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Falling Off the Cliff
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4698 Views :: Taxes
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"wheeeeeee...splat."
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Friday, October 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii will go bust by 2016, Senate minority leader says
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:34 AM :: 6127 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...the state is “headed into a situation where there is anticipated fiscal year imbalance” because spending is outpacing revenue....
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Thursday, October 2, 2014 |
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Small Business Protests Ige's GE Tax Hike
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 4061 Views :: Taxes
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...Ige tried to raise the most burdensome tax for families and small businesses in Hawaii another 25 percent....
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 |
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Forum: Will Hawaii's State Government Go Bust in 2016?
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 5622 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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Unfunded liabilities, downsized revenue projections & soaring project costs... Do these spell financial disaster for Hawaii's State government?
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 |
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Ige Again Claims He Opposed the Tax Increases He Voted For
By News Release @ 1:35 PM :: 6077 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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...Senator Ige's Record Of Supporting Tax Hikes Includes An Excise Tax Increase And A Tax On Pensions....
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Ige Led the Way to Higher Taxes
By Video @ 3:49 PM :: 6277 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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Hawaii Ad: "Every Moment"
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Sunday, September 28, 2014 |
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The Second Most Unfair Tax System? Really?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5997 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...the study ranked Hawaii’s tax system 49th out of 50, in the order of fairness....
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Saturday, September 27, 2014 |
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Property Tax Hike? You Have Until Sept 30 to Get Out of It
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 7779 Views :: Honolulu County, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...September 30, 2014 deadline for three real property programs is approaching and urge those wishing to participate to submit the required documentation....
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Friday, September 26, 2014 |
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Debate: Aiona Challenges Ige on Tax Hikes
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 8307 Views :: Politicians, Taxes, Cost of Living
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David Ige was one of the top-ranking legislators in charge of implementing the policies that have seen Hawai‘i burdened with bigger bills and higher taxes....
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Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
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Ige Tried To Tax Everyone's Soda
By News Release @ 6:23 PM :: 6077 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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...In 2011, Senator Ige Cosponsored A Bill Which Established A Tax On Sweetened Beverages In Hawaii....
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Bites Into 99% of Personal Income
By Selected News Articles @ 5:34 PM :: 6058 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The Hawaii GE Tax base is far wider than the national median, where the sales tax base applies to 34.46 percent of personal income....
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Monday, September 22, 2014 |
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TV Ad Claims Ige Stands For ‘Government Living Within its Means’ (LOL!)
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 8248 Views :: Politicians, Taxes, Cost of Living
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A New Study Shows Hawaii Has The Second Worst Tax System Overall And The Third Most Overtaxed Middle Class....
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Sunday, September 21, 2014 |
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Pocketbook Issues: Ige on Defense
By News Release @ 2:28 PM :: 8674 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party, Taxes, Cost of Living
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"Which is precisely why the RGA ad, and others that may follow, might actually persuade voters to go Aiona’s way."
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Friday, September 19, 2014 |
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INFOGRAPHIC: The Abercrombie-Ige Policy Agenda By The Numbers
By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 4438 Views :: Taxes
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...New Infographic Spells Out The Results Of The Last Four Years For Hawaii....
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014 |
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Slom: State Set to go Bust Unless Major Changes Made in 2015
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 6214 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...if the State continues to spend at the current rate Hawaii will use up its general fund carryover balances as early as 2016....
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014 |
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Abercrombie, Ige Together -- $833M Tax Hike
By News Release @ 1:09 PM :: 3713 Views :: Taxes
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...Abercrombie And Senator David Ige Have Passed Over $833 Million Of Tax Increases Since 2011....
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Monday, September 15, 2014 |
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Hawaii 2nd Most Unfair Tax System in USA
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 6500 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The middle class is most overtaxed in Arkansas, New York and Hawaii....
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Sunday, September 14, 2014 |
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Timing Isn't Everything, It's the Only Thing
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4416 Views :: Taxes
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...poor timing can lead to tremendously bad results in Hawaii's tax system....
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Saturday, September 13, 2014 |
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Bag Bans are Bad Business
By NCPA @ 11:48 AM :: 7555 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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The government was forced to raise the tax after they noticed that bag use was increasing as consumers began absorbing the cost of the bags....
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Sunday, September 7, 2014 |
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State-Provided Targeted Benefits: Help or Harm?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4166 Views :: Taxes
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...State governments, including ours, are increasingly using targeted benefits, such as tax credits and exemptions, to attract companies....
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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GE Tax: Will Cost Overruns Lead to New Rail Showdown?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 6772 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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By their own admission, HART executives underestimated the effect of litigation on construction costs and schedules. Will they now underestimate their ability to push through an unpopular tax hike?
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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Hawaii deemed ‘sinkhole’ state by fiscal watchdog for pension debt
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:27 PM :: 5951 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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A report by a fiscal watchdog deems Hawaii one of the worst “sinkhole” states for its growing debt burden to taxpayers....
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Monday, September 1, 2014 |
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Ige Pushed $791M GE Tax Hike in Face of Protests
By Andrew Walden @ 11:25 PM :: 6921 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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Ige, Chun-Oakland, and Fukunaga were the three bitter-enders holding out for the full $791M in GE Tax hikes....
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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At First, Takai Voted For the Pension Tax 'Every Time'
By Andrew Walden @ 11:21 PM :: 9138 Views :: Labor, Politicians, Taxes
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Even weeks after angry kupuna and union members began crowding committee hearings to protest, Takai voted 'aye' for the pension tax bill HB1092 HD1....
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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Pension Tax: How Did Your Legislator Vote?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 8429 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...find your state representative and determine how he or she voted every time the pension tax was up...
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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REIT – A New Kind of Tax Shelter?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5444 Views :: Taxes
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What qualifies as real estate for REIT purposes is an issue that recently has been in the news....
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Sunday, August 24, 2014 |
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Filing Close to Deadline? Get a Receipt!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4824 Views :: Taxes
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Mr. and Mrs. Stocker waited until the day their taxes were due....
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Thursday, August 21, 2014 |
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Hawaii Gets Mixed Reviews on Policies to Prevent and Fight Cancer
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 6487 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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Hawaii is making progress when it comes to passing policies to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network....
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
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Hawaii Still a Debt "Sinkhole State"
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:35 PM :: 5938 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii remains among the worst 5 states for taxpayer burden of debt and continues to use overly optimistic accounting....
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Sunday, August 17, 2014 |
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Flying High
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5999 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Airline passengers are considered an easy group to tax....
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 |
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Kauai: Hundreds Demand Explanation for Massive Property Tax Hikes
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 6223 Views :: Kauai County, Taxes
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“We’ve taken literally hundreds of inquiries over the past three weeks and have explained to each taxpayer in great detail why their taxes may have increased....”
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 |
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Do We Really Want to Starve the Golden Goose?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5232 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Department of Taxation employees were able to answer the phone only 59% of the time in 2013....
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 |
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2014 April GET Collections Still Down Compared to 2013
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 4:17 PM :: 7271 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...2014 April General Excise Tax (GET) collections are still down compared to the same month last year, although slightly improved on March 2014....
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Sunday, August 3, 2014 |
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Everywhere...and Perversely Fair
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4325 Views :: Taxes
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...Our Hawaii Supreme Court said that it reaches "virtually every economic activity imaginable"....
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Friday, August 1, 2014 |
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$72M Vanishes: New Council on Revenues Forecast Minus 1.8%
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 8420 Views :: Economy, Taxes
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...The new fiscal year 2014 forecast is minus 1.8 percent, down from a negative 0.4 percent in May, a difference of about $72 million....
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 |
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Inversion: Is it Fair to Vote with Your Feet?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4437 Views :: Taxes
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...“inversion” occurs when a U.S. company merges with a foreign company and moves its headquarters to the foreign country....
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Friday, July 25, 2014 |
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Retiree Healthcare: Hawaii's $3.5B Magic Trick
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 8616 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes
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...Can anything be in worse condition than unfunded government pensions? Unfortunately, yes – and it’s called OPEB....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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House Bill Could Free Hawaii Consumers from $20M Internet Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 4:55 PM :: 5278 Views :: Taxes
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The Senate version, called the Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act, is awaiting consideration from the Senate Finance Committee....
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Monday, July 14, 2014 |
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Hawaii's State Debt Now Represents 92% of the Average Taxpayer's Income
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:09 PM :: 5266 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii's mounting state debt now represents $41,300 per taxpayer, the second highest in the country....
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Sunday, July 13, 2014 |
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Would You Be Shocked?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6971 Views :: Energy, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii's power prices are among the highest in the nation as well. Not surprisingly, one of the big reasons for this is taxation....
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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1935: Hawaii Imposes GE Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 6:28 PM :: 6259 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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By the end of the 1930s, 22 states had implemented a sales tax....
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014 |
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Hawaii’s Downward Spiral Of State Tax Collections Is Alarming
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 10:23 PM :: 5654 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...General Excise Tax collections for the first quarter of 2014 are down 4.6% in comparison to last year....
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Sunday, June 29, 2014 |
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We’ve Been Bracket Creeped!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4746 Views :: Taxes
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...in 1978 when Hawaii adopted its present system of conforming to the federal Internal Revenue Code, inflation adjustments were left off the table....
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Sunday, June 22, 2014 |
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How Hawaii Can Grow the Pie
By Tom Yamachika @ 3:10 PM :: 4687 Views :: Taxes
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What it would take to help the state create a governing and regulatory climate that would bring in more revenue without raising taxes....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
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Missing IRS emails outrage targeted Hawaii tea party leaders
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:00 PM :: 7672 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Hawaii TEA party leaders are outraged over the news the IRS has lost emails of its former director, Lois Lerner, during a critical time when the agency admitted to targeting conservative groups....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
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IRS Commissioner Subpoenaed to Testify on Lois Lerner’s ‘Lost’ Emails
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:20 PM :: 6047 Views :: Taxes, TEA Party
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He had been told “they’re there” by no less than IRS Commissioner John Koskinen himself....
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