Blankety Blank, this is some whopper of a bill
The story you are about to read is true. The names have not been changed to protect the innocent. This is the city: Honolulu, Hawaii. I live here. I’m a doggie. The suspect is Blankety Blank.
Revenue-raisers already sent to the governor
We’ve previously warned that our Legislature has a dogged focus on new taxes — “ARF! Don’t make fun of me like that!”
Judgments aren’t necessarily the end of litigation
Several online travel companies engaged in protracted litigation against the state Department of Taxation over whether and to what extent they are liable for Hawaii general excise and transient accommodations taxes on hotel accommodations that they sold to third parties on their respective platforms.
Post those tax returns, darn it!
One of the more debate-worthy bills at our Legislature (Senate Bill 94) involves requiring candidates for president and vice president of the United States to post their tax returns on the Internet.
Blank the amount, defect the date
If you’re following bills as they move through our legislature, there are a couple of practices that we need you to know about. Often, committee chairs will refer to one or both of these practices when they move bills forward.
We can spare half a penny for education
“Friends! Romans! Countrymen! We desperately need to lift our public schools and our namesake university into the 21st century.
Beware of state nuances with tax software
Well, we’re in the thick of tax season! It’s that time of year when individuals, gritting and gnashing their teeth, scour through their financial records and begin the arduous process of completing their 2018 federal and state tax returns.
Individual development accounts, version 2.0
Individual development accounts, a program that seems to be gaining traction at our Legislature, is a way to help lower-income people build self-sufficiency.
Squirreling away money at the Department of Transportation
Well, it looks like the Hawaii State Watch Doggie has woken up from his nap.
Creativity abounds at our Legislature, part 2
This week, we are continuing our coverage of creative tax-related bills at our Legislature. The Hawaii State Tax Watch Doggie is taking a nap at the moment, so I’ll continue without him.