GET on Health Care, Revisited (Talking Tax)
Addressing the Doc Drain. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Leonard. The guest is Malia Blom Hill. As a result of our bleak fiscal picture, many of the proposals made at the beginning of the session for a tax benefit are dead. However, SB 1035 still lives and would provide a […]
The Incomplete Legislative Bills (Talking Tax)
Blankety Blanks Advancing. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Yamachika. Usually, it’s possible to tell which bills in the legislative hopper provide tax breaks as opposed to tax hikes. The bill replaces a current tax rate with another one, and if the new tax rate is higher it’s a tax hike; […]
Amended Return Equals Guilty Plea (Talking Tax)
Tax Auditors Know this. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Yamachika. We have been hearing through the grapevine that a number of examiners and auditors at the Department of Taxation have been using a ʻplease amend your returnʻ tactic. It’s by no means a new strategy, but for those who haven’t […]
The ConAm Returns (Talking Tax)
Property Tax for Schools Ver. 2. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Yamachika. Back in 2018, we as voters were inundated with impassioned arguments on both sides of a proposed constitutional amendment (ConAm for short). The amendment would have given the State the power to impose a surcharge on real property […]
Hoarding School Impact Fees (Talking Tax)
Kamehameha III Would be Upset. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Yamachika. The DOE is unique in that it is the only state agency with the power to impose a tax. (Even the Department of Taxation only administers and enforces taxes imposed by laws enacted by the legislature.) The tax that […]
Maybe More Tax Hikes Coming (Talking Tax)
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 […]
Owning Property in a Burn Zone (Talking Tax)
Exploring Owner’s Rights or Lack Thereof. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Yamachika. The guest is Jonathan Helton. These days, there is much talk in the news about rebuilding the burn zone that was once Lahaina. Can the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawai’i be restored to its former 1800’s […]
Gumming up 24-Year-Old Litigation (Talking Tax)
Saved by the Supreme Court. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Yamachika. We discuss Kalima v. State, filed in 1999, which then concerned 2,515 beneficiaries of DHHL who sued the State over its handling of the Hawaiian homes program. After decades of litigation, the plaintiff class and the State reached a […]
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Benny Gantz, a centrist member of leadership, presented the prime minister with an ultimatum that demanded a plan for the future of Israel’s war. [...]
Amid the destruction, a marketplace of survival has arisen focused on the basics: food, shelter and money. [...]
The talks were the first since Iran attacked Israel last month in retaliation for its killing of an Iranian general. [...]
The New York congresswoman will become the highest-ranking House Republican to speak before Israel’s Parliament since the Oct. 7 attacks, in a move meant to capitalize on Democratic divisions. [...]
His narrow win there in 2020 was seen as a sign of Georgia’s emergence as a battleground state. But in 2024, President Biden faces a changed landscape there. [...]
Recent weeks have seen an increasingly public rift over how Gaza should be governed after the war. [...]
The Israeli military said Ron Benjamin was found alongside the bodies of three other hostages. [...]
Su Gorman and Steve Dymond helped to expose an NHS scandal - but they died without seeing justice. [...]
More than 12,000 people asked for tests in England after the BBC found 1,700 cases are undiagnosed. [...]
Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat. [...]
Oleksandr Usyk is boxing's first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis held the honor for five months over two decades ago. [...]
Israeli war Cabinet minister Benny Gantz said there should be a six-point plan for Gaza by June 8 or he would resign. Meanwhile, the UNRWA said 800,000 people had left [...]
Bayer Leverkusen sealed a maiden Bundesliga title with several games to spare, and have now become the first side to go unbeaten for a whole season in the German top [...]
Mob violence in Kyrgyzstan in recent days has led to several Pakistani nationals getting injured. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif voiced concern, with Islamabad protesting to the Kyrgyz government. [...]
Cologne needed a minor miracle to survive going into the last game of the season, with no guarantee that a win would be enough to save them. Instead, they collapsed [...]
Disneyland employees in California, including those who perform as characters from Mickey Mouse to Moana, have voted to unionize. The 1,700 workers will be represented by Actors' Equity Association. [...]
Seize the Grey ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid by going wire to wire to win the Preakness, giving trainer D. Wayne Lukas his seventh victory in [...]
Dr. Adam Hamawy is a former U.S. Army combat surgeon currently in Gaza. He said he's treating primarily civilians, rather than combatants: "mostly children, many women, many elderly." [...]
The handwritten restaurant napkin from the year 2000 was the starting point for an agreement between the then 13-year-old Messi and FC Barcelona. [...]
The ultimatum by war cabinet member Benny Gantz reflects discontent among Israel's leadership about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and his far-right political partners. [...]
The Nats’ closer has impressed all season, but he was burned for a solo homer with two outs in the ninth before Bryce Harper won it in the 10th with [...]
Yankees extend their win streak to six, Soto homers twice in 6-1 win over White Sox [...]
Three goals in a seven-minute stretch power Washington to a 4-2 victory at Audi Field. [...]
Robin Lod scored the equalizer in the second half and notched an assist Sang-Bin Jeong’s winner as Minnesota United rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Portland Timbers [...]
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan charged late but finished second. [...]
