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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Dedicated Funding?!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 557 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... There.  Is.  No.  Such.  Thing.  As.  A.  Dedicated.  Funding.  Source!  ....

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Don't tax me, bro!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:16 AM :: 613 Views :: Taxes

“...So, how many tax hikes are they trying to pass this time?”

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Friday, February 7, 2025
GE Tax Imposed on 119% of State Personal Income
By Tax Foundation @ 3:14 PM :: 519 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... GE Tax: Audit Shows Tourists Pay 14.1%--not 30% ....

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Do you think the city spends your money responsibly?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:30 PM :: 485 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... here's how the City and County of Honolulu spends your money ....

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Honolulu Charges the Highest Tourist Tax in the World
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 510 Views :: Taxes, Tourism

... Honolulu, with its 10.25 percent tax rate and an average tourism tax of $51.70 per night, came out on top ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Legislature: Grassroot Institute sifts through onslaught of bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:51 PM :: 516 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... many of the usual losers are back, mainly the proposals to increase taxes or impose new so-called fees ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Hold On to Our Gains!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 514 Views :: Taxes

... highlights and low lights on some of the shenanigans ....

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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Proposed "green fee" a reason for red flag
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:57 PM :: 584 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism

... Few ideas are as tenacious as the myth that we can make tourists pay for major programs without affecting locals ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Thieves: Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Wealth Asset Tax Bill for Assets Above $20M
By News Release @ 8:25 PM :: 730 Views :: Taxes

... Federal Court Ruling: Sen. Karl Rhoads participated in Honolulu County Council Kickback scheme ....

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Sunday, January 26, 2025
Lowering our cost of living is worth cheering
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:36 AM :: 724 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living

... the governor’s state income tax cut — approved unanimously last year by the Legislature — will reduce our taxes by as much as 71% for some families ....

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Sunday, January 26, 2025
Hawaii taxpayers could benefit from new IRS Direct File system
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:41 AM :: 549 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes

... Tax season is just around the corner, and there’s a good chance that many of the people reading this will be paying someone else to help file their taxes online ....

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Hawaii Residents See Largest Tax Cut in State History 
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 11:59 PM :: 766 Views :: Taxes

... This bill was the culmination of years of efforts from the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, whose work on HB 2404 got them the “biggest win for freedom” award from the State Policy Network ....

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Saturday, January 18, 2025
Spending restraint tagged as best way to protect 2024 state tax cuts
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:00 AM :: 520 Views :: Taxes

... employees should already be seeing a bump in their paychecks thanks to the tax cuts ....

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Saturday, January 18, 2025
Vigilance key to protecting historic state income tax cut
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:51 AM :: 533 Views :: Taxes

... Hawaii lawmakers might undermine some of the benefits of the tax cut by raising taxes elsewhere, “just kind of surreptitiously” ....

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Sunday, January 12, 2025
Walk back our tax cuts? That would be a shame.
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:01 AM :: 747 Views :: Taxes

... You might have noticed something a little different about your most recent paycheck ....

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Sunday, January 12, 2025
Case Dismissed—For Now
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 727 Views :: Taxes

... document that directed staff at the Department of Taxation to use the negligence penalty, a penalty of 25% of the tax due, against taxpayers who receive requests for documents from a tax auditor ....

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Friday, January 10, 2025
Is another great year too much to ask?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:36 PM :: 531 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living

... a modest but workable list of policy resolutions for 2025 ....

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Hawaii #1 -- lost greatest share of population to other states
By Tax Foundation @ 3:07 AM :: 1750 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... Hawaii lost 0.65% of its population to other states in FY2024 ....

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Sunday, January 5, 2025
Tax Word Find
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 501 Views :: Taxes

... Happy New Year and welcome to 2025! ....

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Saturday, January 4, 2025
Not Even Beautiful Hawaii Is Immune to ‘Tax Flight’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:17 PM :: 1081 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... The Aloha State is finally facing the problem ....

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Sunday, December 29, 2024
Hoarding More School Impact Fees
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1076 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes

... $29 million lying around doing nothing ....

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Sunday, December 22, 2024
Empty Homes Tax--Tug of War
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 887 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes

... Deferred doesn’t mean dead ....

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Sunday, December 22, 2024
Deferral of 'empty homes' tax leads list of recent good news
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:31 AM :: 791 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes

... The Honolulu City Council shelved Bill 46 while also approving bills that will actually be effective at facilitating more housing ....

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Saturday, December 21, 2024
My wish list for Santa
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:26 PM :: 690 Views :: Development, Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living

... a few requests for the people of Hawaii ....

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Friday, December 20, 2024
Hawaiʻi Taxpayers to See More Take-Home Pay Resulting from Historic Tax Cuts
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 1162 Views :: Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living

... The Department of Taxation Requires Employers Decrease Withholding Amounts Beginning January 1, 2025 ....

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Thursday, December 19, 2024
Hawaii Tax Changes Taking Effect January 1, 2025
By Tax Foundation @ 2:36 PM :: 2132 Views :: Taxes

... Hawaii will significantly modify its individual income tax brackets ....

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Sunday, December 15, 2024
2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index -- Hawaii Ranks 42nd
By Tax Foundation @ 4:41 PM :: 701 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... complex, nonneutral taxes with comparatively high rates ....

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Sunday, December 15, 2024
Qualified Charitable Distributions
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 758 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes

“What’s the biggest break that today’s tax code gives us?”

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Saturday, December 14, 2024
"Empty homes" tax deferral shows your voice matters
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:51 PM :: 1774 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living

... the credit for this win goes to you, the people who got involved and made their voices heard ....

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Thursday, December 12, 2024
Honolulu City Council votes to defer Bill 46 Empty Homes Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 AM :: 1131 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes

... after over 5-hours public testimony of which the majority opposed Bill 46 ....

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Is Hawaii small business economy is finally turning around?
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 485 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes

“...I like to think Hawaii helped kick off this national turnaround with passage of House Bill 2404, a historic tax reduction bill that Gov. Josh Green signed into law June 3....”

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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
DBEDT: Tax Reform Improves Economic Outlook
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 861 Views :: Economy, Taxes, Cost of Living

... With the income tax reform and the increase in the supply of affordable housing, we expect that living in Hawaii will be more affordable and our state’s outmigration will be mitigated ....

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Monday, December 2, 2024
SF Judge Rules 'Empty Homes Tax’ Unconstitutional
By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 4232 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use, Taxes

... the (US) Supreme Court has held that the government cannot “compel a landowner over objection to rent his property” without violating the Takings Clause ....

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Sunday, December 1, 2024
‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 2292 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living

...Even the bill’s supporters don’t pretend rents will come down....

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Sunday, December 1, 2024
ALERT: Stop the misguided "empty homes" tax proposal
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:25 AM :: 884 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes

... The Honolulu City Council is considering Bill 46, which would create a tax on all so-called empty homes ....

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Sunday, November 24, 2024
Put "empty homes" tax proposal on pause
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:10 PM :: 1380 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living

... the third time won’t be the charm ....

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Sunday, November 3, 2024
The Cato Report Cards
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 974 Views :: Taxes

... This year, 2024, is the first report card for the Green administration ....

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Sunday, October 27, 2024
Hawaii's historic tax cut must be protected not because we want it, but because we need it
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:35 AM :: 1051 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living

... Hawaii’s lawmakers listened to the people and did the most effective thing they could to significantly lower our incredibly high cost of living ....

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Sunday, October 20, 2024
Autocorrect, Now Pay Up!
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1046 Views :: Ethics, Taxes

... Department of Taxation computers don't necessarily tell you when they change some of the information that’s been input ....

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Saturday, October 19, 2024
Hawai‘i County Council approves vending, permitting reform bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:26 PM :: 836 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Small Business, Taxes

... County regulatory reform bills on the move ....

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Saturday, October 19, 2024
Just Build More Homes
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 PM :: 881 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes

... the key to resolving Hawaii’s housing crisis -- build more homes ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
‘Empty homes’ tax fraught with pitfalls and unlikely to work
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:06 PM :: 892 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes

... this proposed empty homes tax would leave it to the Honolulu Department of Budget and Fiscal Services to determine whether a property was truly vacant ....

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
CATO: Josh Green Ranks 7th in Fiscal Policy
By Cato Foundation @ 5:12 PM :: 1054 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Politicians, Taxes

... Green is the highest-scoring Democrat in this study ....

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Monday, October 7, 2024
Financial State of the States--Hawaii Ranks 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 AM :: 1150 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii had a Taxpayer Burden of $16,500, earning it a “D” grade ....

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Monday, October 7, 2024
Honolulu empty homes tax proposal advances out of Council committee
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:11 AM :: 1469 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Maui County, Taxes

... Bill 46 aims to impose a 3% tax on so-called empty homes across Oahu ....

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Sunday, October 6, 2024
More on the Empty Homes Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1265 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living

... Bill 46 (2024) is the current version moving forward in the Council. ...

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Friday, September 27, 2024
Hawaii’s legislature does the unthinkable, for a blue state: Slashing taxes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 1906 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

“... In general, it was a terrific year at the legislature, and I never say that ....”

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Sunday, September 22, 2024
Hawaii Budget Primer
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 939 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... the discussion there is almost entirely focused on taxes ....

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Saturday, September 21, 2024
Most-read article: ‘Why is Hawaii so expensive?’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:35 AM :: 1528 Views :: Jones Act, Rail, Taxes, Cost of Living

... The second most-read article is “Why we left Hawaii” ....

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Healthy habits for a healthy economy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:14 AM :: 950 Views :: Taxes

... the largest personal income tax cut in state history ....

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