Decrease Taxes for Families, Businesses. The host for this show is Keli’i Akina. The guest is Andrey Yushkov. Hawaii’s income tax rates are among the highest in the country, and its business climate is consistently ranked poorly. Meanwhile, residents continue to flee the state for less expensive mainland locales. Tax reform could be a course […]
Let’s Make Tax Policy Great Again (Community Matters)
What Other Needs and Factors Should we Consider. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roger Epstein. We check in with tax attorney Roger Epstein, as we have so many times in the past, to see how Trump’s GOP ‘Tax Reform’ Act of 2017 affected the country, and to see how […]
What New Policies Can we Expect After Election Day (Community Matters)
Will we Have Another Phoney Tax ‘reform’ Act. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roger Epstein. Roger Epstein, retired tax attorney, helps us imagine what new policies the Republicans will advance after Election Day, including their opposition and reversal of the liberal social safety net policies advanced by the Democrats, […]
Out of the Box Ideas on Hawaii Tax and Economics (Community Matters)
There Are Many Creative Possibilities for Hawaii. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roger Epstein. Tax attorney Roger Epstein shares some of his ouit of the box ideas for Hawaii tax and economics. The REIT income tax withholding bill. Increasing taxes on hotel credits for paying a living wage of […]
When Raising Taxes Doesn’t Raise Money (Talking Tax)
Is Hawaii at or near that Point. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Tom Yamachika. One fundamental assumption that has been made over the years by our lawmakers is that if you enact a tax, money will be raised. What if that weren’t true? In late 2019, a pair of […]
Hawaii’s tax revenues are being decimated by Coronavirus (Talking Tax)
ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com So what can we do about it while the Legislature is not even in session. Wnile Hawaii’s economy declines, so does its tax revenues. With a balanced budget requirement in the state Constitution, and while the Legislature recessed its 2020 session, […]
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. […]