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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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Taxes: What Did Apple Do Wrong?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:27 AM :: 4050 Views :: Taxes
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A Senate subcommittee accused the company of “shifting” profits from the U.S. to other countries and avoiding paying taxes....
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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IRS to Maui TEA Party: "Provide details of your relationship with Dylan Nonaka"
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 AM :: 9022 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Among the questions sent from the National IRS office in Cincinnati was this item referencing Dylan Nonaka....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage Activists Given IRS Files of Opponents
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 PM :: 5983 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Taxes
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...the IRS leaked National Organization for Marriage's confidential financial documents to the rival Human Rights Campaign. Those NOM documents were published on the Huffington Post on March 30, 2012....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Morning Bell: The IRS Wants to Know If You’re a “Patriot”
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:11 PM :: 6680 Views :: National News, First Amendment, Taxes
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Heritage sounded the alarm on the Obama Administration’s hit list nearly a year ago....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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ProPublica: IRS Office Gave Us Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups
By Selected News Articles @ 2:03 PM :: 5557 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes
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The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year....
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Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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ObamaCare’s Unfair Treatment of Middle Class Families
By NCPA @ 4:38 PM :: 4906 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...many workers will soon discover that when they earn more money, they end up with less take-home pay....
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Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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Peace Frogs Join Chorus Against Internet Sales Tax
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:56 PM :: 3575 Views :: Taxes
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The Internet sales tax passed the Senate, but a growing chorus is pointing out that it would hurt many to help the tax man....
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Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Hirono, Schatz Vote Would Impose Hawaii GE Tax on Stock Transactions
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:15 PM :: 4802 Views :: Taxes
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Financial experts say this means states tax “sales” such as stock trades in a mutual fund or brokerage account, or even contributions to pension plans such as 401(k)s that were designed to be tax-free until retirement....
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Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Moving the Tax Burden to Others
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:58 AM :: 4512 Views :: Taxes
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“Don’t Tax You, Don’t Tax Me, Tax that Man Behind the Tree.”
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Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Obamacare: Taxpayers Must Report Personal Health ID Info to IRS
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 1:11 AM :: 5209 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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When Obamacare’s individual mandate takes effect in 2014, all Americans who file income tax returns must complete an additional IRS tax form....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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IRS Admits Targeting TEA Party Groups—Maui TEA Party Among Victims
By Selected News Articles @ 3:07 PM :: 7403 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for additional reviews....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Ready for Another Debt Limit Fight?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:12 PM :: 5445 Views :: National News, Taxes
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Yes, it’s time to talk about the debt limit again....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Pacquiao Takes Fight in Macau, U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate Proves Too High
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 1:40 PM :: 5770 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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“Manny can go back to Las Vegas and make $25 million, but how much of it will he end up with – $15 million?"
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Sunday, May 5, 2013 |
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Making Reimbursements Could Incur Tax Liability
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:03 AM :: 5520 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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In recent years, various proposals to exempt the reimbursement of amounts paid out by mangers or operators of a number of business activities have been enacted....
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Saturday, May 4, 2013 |
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Budget: Kenoi Proposes $21M Property Tax Hike
By News Release @ 10:40 AM :: 5513 Views :: Hawaii County , Taxes
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...this budget incorporates a property tax 'adjustment' that would allow the county to collect an estimated $219 million in the year ahead....
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Friday, May 3, 2013 |
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No Hawaii Beverage Tax Cheers Third Win in a Row
By News Release @ 5:18 PM :: 4919 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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Unfortunately, we know from past experience that even though the public doesn't want a beverage tax, some lawmakers will keep pushing for one....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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Starting in October: 15% Penalty on Overpaid Unemployment Comp
By Selected News Articles @ 7:18 AM :: 6753 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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Hawaii has amended its Employment Security Law as follows....
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 |
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SB1196 Small Vendors Targeted by DoTax
By Video @ 9:47 AM :: 5154 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... Assists with enforcement of cash economy laws by the department of taxation ....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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Lack of Understanding of General Excise Tax Creates Confusion
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:00 AM :: 5149 Views :: Taxes
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...because of its broad base...it is applied to nearly every transaction that takes place in Hawaii....
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Friday, April 26, 2013 |
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Bag Tax Goes National
By News Release @ 9:28 PM :: 5343 Views :: Environment, Taxes
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... H.R. 1686, the Trash Reduction Act of 2013 -- Annualized Cost: $4.08 billion ....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
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HIRA: Democrats Want to Tax Your Online Purchases
By News Release @ 11:40 PM :: 4340 Views :: Taxes
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proposed federal law will permit states to increase the price tag for virtually all of your online purchases....
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Monday, April 22, 2013 |
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Internet Sales Tax Is a State Money Grab
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:24 PM :: 3111 Views :: Taxes
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Why are states so eager to collect taxes on Internet sales? In short, because they could grab money from other states....
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Sunday, April 21, 2013 |
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Let Them Ask for Their Funding
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 4438 Views :: Taxes
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...take a moment to look back on the last 50 or so working days to see how they handled taxpayer funds....
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Friday, April 19, 2013 |
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Internet Sales Tax: Taxation Without Representation
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:04 PM :: 3757 Views :: Taxes
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Retailers would be forced to act as tax collectors for states in which they have no voice....
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Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Where Did Your Tax Dollar Go?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:00 PM :: 3585 Views :: Taxes
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Americans are waking up today to the worst "case of the Mondays" they'll have all year: It's Tax Day....
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Sunday, April 14, 2013 |
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DoTax Cooking Books to Influence Legislature? HART Calls for Audit
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 5708 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the illusion of greater revenues would be helpful in Abercrombie’s effort to create a state-funded ‘Early Education’ voucher system....
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Sunday, April 14, 2013 |
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Let Conformity Simplify Tax Filings
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:02 AM :: 4298 Views :: Taxes
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...the madness of completing state tax returns is just around the corner....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Hawaii Tax Freedom Day April 14
By Selected News Articles @ 1:44 PM :: 5365 Views :: Taxes
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Tax Freedom Day is the day when the state as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year....
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Sunday, April 7, 2013 |
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Lessen Dependence on Government: Key to Strong Democracy
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:02 AM :: 6633 Views :: Economy, Taxes
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One of the opportunities that sequestration presents is the realization of just how dependent the American public is ....
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Friday, April 5, 2013 |
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Tax Myths Debunked
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 5755 Views :: Taxes
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...Iowa Policy Project and Good Jobs First used cherry-picked data and inaccurate statements to argue that Hawaii should raise taxes....
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
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House GOP: "Senate bills would increase taxes and fees"
By News Release @ 11:17 PM :: 7652 Views :: Republican Party, Taxes
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After many House bills to raise taxes and fees failed in the House, more Senate bills that would do so are still alive....
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Monday, March 25, 2013 |
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Taxes, Marriage, PLDC Top Agenda for Hawaii Republican Assembly
By News Release @ 1:17 PM :: 8383 Views :: Family, Republican Party, Taxes
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As an affiliated chapter of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, HIRA strives to be the conservative standard-bearer of the Republican Party in Hawaii ....
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Sunday, March 24, 2013 |
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Knee-Jerk Reaction Leads to Just More Money
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:01 AM :: 5898 Views :: Taxes
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...how much is too much when it comes to spending on government programs....
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Saturday, March 23, 2013 |
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Hirono, Schatz Cast Decisive Votes as Senate Passes Trillion Dollar Tax Hike
By Selected News Articles @ 12:50 PM :: 8561 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Taxes
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...a $3.7 trillion blueprint for 2014 that would fast-track passage of tax increases, trim spending gingerly and leave the government still deeply in the debt a decade from now....
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Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
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Online Travel Companies Ordered to Pay $70M, Appeal Planned
By News Release @ 12:38 AM :: 9182 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Tax Appeal Court Judge Gary W.B. Chang yesterday granted the State of Hawaii’s motion for summary judgment....
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 |
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Tell Congress: No Internet Sales Tax
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 5730 Views :: Taxes
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The internet sales tax mandate would force businesses to become sales tax collectors for all states....
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Monday, March 18, 2013 |
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Abercrombie: Hotel Industry TAT Concerns are "Propaganda"
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 7721 Views :: Economy, Taxes, Tourism
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...the governor interrupted by saying he has been hearing “the same propaganda.”
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Sunday, March 17, 2013 |
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Key to Hawaii’s Future is Business Climate
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:11 AM :: 10220 Views :: Economy, Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes
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we, mere mortals, cannot predict what the prize industry of the future will be....
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Saturday, March 16, 2013 |
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List of Tax Measures Moving in Legislature Totals Seven Pages
By Andrew Walden @ 12:06 AM :: 7553 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Some raise, some redistribute. Others give credit where credit may not be due....
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
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Republican Caucus Commends Fiscally Conservative Hawaii House Budget
By News Release @ 7:43 PM :: 7035 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, Taxes
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"This is a clear sign that the House is moving in the right direction," said Minority Leader Aaron Ling Johanson, Vice Chair of the House Committee on Finance.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
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Schatz Proposes $180 Billion Carbon Tax
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 6812 Views :: Environment, Taxes
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What is the appropriate price per ton for 'polluters' to pay? The draft contains alternative prices of $15, $25, and $35 per ton....
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 |
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Knock Off the Theatrics and Get Down To Business
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:11 AM :: 5677 Views :: Taxes
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For the last two months, taxpayers heard time and time again that the “sky is falling, the sky is falling”....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013 |
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Senate Ways and Means Rejects Beverage Tax
By News Release @ 7:58 PM :: 7523 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...we are one step closer to ensuring that the beverage tax is defeated for the third year in a row....
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Friday, March 1, 2013 |
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Obama's Sequester Smokescreen
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:05 AM :: 10478 Views :: National News, Economy, Taxes, Obama
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For the past few days the White House, with a big assist from sympathetic media, has done all within its considerable powers to make it seem like sequestration means the end of the world....
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
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Politico: Is President Obama Telling the Truth about Sequestration?
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 9219 Views :: National News, Taxes, Obama
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... agencies cannot give a clear answer on how they arrived at their numbers. Congressional appropriations committee aides say they cannot fact check the administration's estimates ....
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Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
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Could Soda Tax Shutter Hawaii's Only Can Maker?
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 8535 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Taxes
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The Ball Corporation is the only manufacturer of metal cans in the islands. The company employs 45 people and the beverage tax places their jobs directly at risk.
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Sunday, February 17, 2013 |
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Jerking the Hotel Industry Around, You Can’t Trust Lawmakers
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:55 AM :: 7291 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Recognizing the need to help the state balance it books, the hotel industry agreed to a temporary increase in the TAT rate which was increased two percentage points from 7.25% to 9.25%. The temporary increase is supposed to expire on June 30, 2015....
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Friday, February 15, 2013 |
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Consumer Freedom: Taxes Shouldn't be a Tool for Social Engineering
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 5844 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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“Taxes shouldn’t be a tool for social engineering or an instrument to penalize Hawaiians for doing nothing wrong....”
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Uses $275K in State Money to Push Soda Tax Hike
By Video @ 10:35 PM :: 6681 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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During a special premiere at the State Capitol, Gov. Neil Abercrombie and the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) today launched a new teen-focused multi-media campaign to combat obesity....
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