Each year, thousands of bills are introduced in the House and the Senate. It’s typical for the same bill to be introduced in both houses, in which case they get two different bill numbers, one for each. Bills then proceed … Read More
“If you haven’t bookmarked the Tax Foundation of Hawaii as a go-to resource yet, you should, President Tom Yamachika has a steady eye on the tax policies of Hawaii state and county government, as well as at the judiciary, that … Read More
Brian Black of the Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest and Tom Yamachika of the Tax Foundation of Hawai’i joined Common Cause on December 9, 2021 to talk about Gut and Replace and how the Hawai’i Supreme Court’s … Read More
Nov. 4, 2021 — The Hawaii Supreme Court, in a 3-2 decision, dealt a serious blow to the Legislature’s “gut and replace” tactic. It held that a bill that started off as a bill to require annual reporting of recidivism … Read More
Our amicus brief argues that the Auditor’s workpapers should have a qualified privilege against forced discovery similar to the privilege that now applies to tax return information.
Tax attorney Tom Yamachika of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii explains how the types of taxes states have, or the way they are designed, can cause states to lose revenue or to impose higher tax rates than necessary.
In case you missed it, here is the 2021 Annual Membership Conference held September 8th via Zoom. Thank you to our guests, Gina Mangieri of KHON2 and Rick Daysog of Hawaii News Now for joining us!
During September, make a donation to the Tax Foundation of Hawaii at any Foodland or Sack N Save checkout, and Foodland and the Western Union Foundation will make a donation to our organization too! TAX FOUNDATION OF HAWAII Our code … Read More
Joining President Yamachika will be investigative reporters Gina Mangieri (KHON2) and Rick Daysog (Hawaii News Now) for an in depth discussion that you won’t want to miss. Tickets for the conference are available by donation, all proceeds to support the … Read More
Tax Foundation of Hawaii archival publications such as Government in Hawaii, Hawaii Finance in Brief and the Tax Burden of the Arnie Aloha Family are now available only in the Members Area. Now out of circulation, these publications were produced … Read More