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 […]
Tax Time: Real Estate and Capital Gains Tax (Inside Hawaii Real Estate)
How Taxes Work in Hawaii Real Estate. The hosts for this show are Will Tanaka and Leonie Lam. The guest is Brad Konishi. Hosts Will Tanaka and Leonie Lam welcome Brad Konishi CPA, CEO and President of HARPTA Help LLC. They take a deep dive in the tax world of capital gains taxes and Hawaii […]
More Tax Laws to the Governor (Talking Tax)
The Challenging Ones. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. We discuss a number of “questionable” bills including: SB 3040, allowing DAGS to impose a user fee on those wanting to get paid for goods or services furnished to the State; HB 2179, which allows DOTAX to convert tax liens into […]
Should We Resist Government Overreach? (Talking Tax)
If we don’t, who will? The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tom Yamachika. There have been several instances of alleged government overreach over the last several years. The rail tax was subjected to a 10% skim. Information flow to taxpayers and reporters was initially stonewalled at the […]
State Tax Planning 101 (Talking Tax)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com What new taxes, deductions and credits should we consider. Tom Yamachika, President of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, will help us understand future fiscal needs and what new taxes, deductions and credits we should consider in dealing with it. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. […]
Fiscal Policy in Hawaii, Part Two (Talking Tax)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Its intersection with tax policy. This will be a continuation of our discussion last time. We’ll touch on how fiscal policy connects with state tax policy, and with federal tax policy. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tom Yamachika. […]