• Amicus Curiae Activity
    • Amicus curiae, Latin for “friend of the court,” means that there is a lawsuit that the court is considering with at least one issue of broad interest to taxpayers, and the Foundation, although not a party to the lawsuit, asks the court for permission to make its views known.
  • Events and Announcements
    • The Foundation sponsors events like our Legislative Briefing breakfast series during the Hawaii legislative session, and our annual lunch in the fall.  Special events will be listed here too.
  • In the Media!
    • The Foundation is occasionally mentioned or interviewed in the news media, such as Hawaii News Now, KHON, KITV, or Hawaii Public Radio.
  • Other News
    • This is news involving the Foundation, but we didn’t know where to pigeonhole it.  So we put it here!
  • Presentations
    • Notable presentations that the Foundation has made.  (Notable usually means that the organization we presented to took a video and shared it with us!)
  • Booking.com vs. Suganuma
  • Dam Special Fund Lawsuit
    • In June of 2025, the Foundation has filed suit against the State of Hawaii to invalidate a Special Fund used to repair dams and similar improvements. The lawsuit alleges that the Special Fund was intended to be, and is, used to circumvent expenditure controls that are in the Hawaii Constitution for the protection of taxpayers.
  • Rail Surcharge Lawsuit
    • In October 2015, the Foundation filed suit against the State of Hawaii challenging its practice of skimming 10% of all county surcharge collections as an “administrative fee” against mounting evidence that the State’s costs were nowhere near that amount.
  • Technical Comments and White Papers
    • Tax tends to get technical.  When our Department of Taxation publishes administrative rules for adoption, our comments usually appear here.  This section also contains comments of a more technical nature, such as when the Foundation testifies before the Hawaii Tax Review Commission.
  • Weekly Commentary
    • The Foundation publishes commentary each week.  It runs in several newspapers across the State.

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