Preview of the 2024 Legislative Session. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Yamachika. The guest is Dylan Moore. It isn’t very far into the new year, but already the tax hike proposals have begun. As reported by Hawaii News Now, Gov. Josh Green is proposing some ‘revenue raisers’ to have resources […]
Restaurants Are Getting Cooked (Talking Tax)
Back GET Assessments on RRF Relief Funds. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Yamachika. The guest is Russell Ryan. Because of the national impact of the pandemic, various relief programs were enacted by the federal government and helped ease the pain of individuals and businesses throughout the State–for example, Paycheck Protection […]
3.5 Billion Surplus Vaporized (Talking Tax)
Time to Cut Taxes. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Leonard. The guest is Daniel J. Mitchell. Hawaii’s state budget is in a precarious position. It’s a startling reversal of where we were at the beginning of the year. Now, a sluggish economy has caused a large projected revenue surplus to […]
What’s in the Governor’s Bill Package (Talking Tax)
Broad Tax Relief And.. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. We discuss the signature bills in the Governor’s package, including a bill to give the citizenry broad income tax relief, another bill to enact GET exemptions for groceries and medicine, and a bill containing the ‘Visitor Green Fee.’ We go […]
Getting Temporary Tax Fixes (Talking Tax)
Not What Candidate Green Promised. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. We discuss the tax proposals taking shape at the Legislature, and the reaction of key legislators to the initiatives set forth by then-Candidate Josh Green on the campaign trail. Simply put, an exemption for food and medicine might not […]
The Hawaii Physician Shortage (Talking Tax)
How the GET Contributes to the Problem. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. The guest is Scott Grosskreutz. According to a study by the University. of Hawaii School of Medicine, there is a shortage of physicians in Hawaii. The school has forecasted that the gap between supply and demand is […]
A GET Exemption for Food and Medicine (Talking Tax)
Figuring Out who Benefits. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. There has been a lot of talk these days about possibly adding a General Excise Tax (GET) exemption for food and medicine. The three Democratic candidates for governor all support it, as Hawaii News Now reported. The argument that most […]
Whether a State Can Tax Itself (Talking Tax)
Fighting to Drop GE Taxes on Nonprofits. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. We look at Senate Bill 3201, a bill to lower general excise taxes paid by charities and other nonprofits, which passed the Legislature this past session. The Department of Taxation objected that it’s possible to read the […]
Tax on Health Care (Talking Tax)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Tom Yamachika. The physician shortage in Hawaii, although highlighted by the pandemic, has been years in the making. Its causes include a low Medicare reimbursement rate, General Excise Tax (GET) applying to medical practices, and our sky-high […]