Potholes Ahead for Drivers. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. Hawaii Department of Transportation has been studying implementation of a Road Usage Charge (RUC). Such a charge would be assessed to a driver based on … Read More
Debunking the Remote Buyer Myth. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. The guests are Malia Hill and Jensen Ahokovi. Hawaii is renowned for high housing prices. Lawmakers have blamed them on wealthy out-of-state buyers with … Read More
In case you missed it, here is our 2022 Annual Conference, held September 6th. Thank you to Kam Napier of Pacific Business News for joining us!
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 … Read More
Pupu Platter 314, By A. Kam Napier – Editor-in-Chief, Pacific Business News For your calendaring consideration Please join Tom Yamachika, president of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, and me, for the foundation’s annual membership conference. You won’t even have to drive anywhere, it’s … Read More
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 … Read More
Why it’s so Hard to Follow the Money. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. Most of the money in the state, and the place to which many (but not all) tax collections go, is the … Read More
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 … Read More
Joining President Yamachika will be A. Kam Napier, Editor in Chief, Pacific Business News. In lieu of our yearly fundraising Luncheon, we are hosting the 2022 Annual Membership Conference via Zoom. This virtual event is open to Tax Foundation of … Read More
To Get Milk You Still Have to Feed the Cow. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. On June 6, the financial site WalletHub put out a study called “2022’s Best and Worst State Economies.” In … Read More