Talking Tax
And their effect on the Procurement Laws. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tom Yamachika. Tom Yamachika of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii will help us understand Chained Emergency Proclamations in the time of the Covid and the effect on the Procurement Laws. Hawaii’s procurement laws are […]
A recap of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii Annual Meeting (Talking Tax)
Including former Governors Waihee and Abercrombie. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tom Yamachika. Tom Yamachika, president of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, will recap the recent annual meeting of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, which included former Governors Waihee and Abercrombie ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on […]
The case of the missing $50 million for Hawaii testing (Talking Tax)
It’s embarrassing for Hawaii and disturbing at the least. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tom Yamachika. Tom Yamachika will help us understand the missing $50 million, where it came from, where it was intended to go, where it didn’t go and where it might have gone. […]
Retrospective on the 2020 Hawaii State Legislative Session (Talking Tax)
What happened and what was left over. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guests for this episode are Sylvia Luke and Tom Yamachika. Representative Sylvia Luke, chair of the House Finance Committee, will help us understand the issues and events, and public health, economic, fiscal and legislative challenges that faced the Hawaii […]
What the Legislature did, and left over, in its on and off again session (Talking Tax)
It’s hard to say this was a good session. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tom Yamachika. Among other bills, Tom will talk about the bill, recently passed, to conform Hawaii tax laws to the federal changes. It’s notable not only for what it contains, but how […]
The Legislature is Back in Session with a Huge Budget Shortfall (Talking Tax)
Will they do the right thing. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tom Yamachika. Tom Yamachika, president of the Hawaii Tax Foundation, will bring us current on the budget shortfall and what the Legislature is doing to deal with it during their current three week resumption of […]
How much fiscal progress has the legislature made this session (Talking Tax)
There have been many challenges. There are many challenges. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tom Yamachika. Tom Yamachika, president of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, will help us understand the current fiscal problems of the state in view of Covid and the reopening and the findings […]
How much fiscal progress can the legislature make this session (Talking Tax)
There are many challenges. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tom Yamachika. Tom Yamachika, president of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, will help us understand the current fiscal problems of the state in view of Covid and the reopening and the findings of the Council on Revenues […]
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 and Tax Policy in the time of a Coronavirus Epidemic, Part Two (Talking Tax)
ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com The fiscal demands of the epidemic have become more threatening. Tom Yamachika of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii will discuss the escalation of the fiscal demands attendant to the growing epidemic in Hawaii, and what the state can do about it. […]