Hawaii’s four counties can add an extra tax on top of the state TAT. All of them have decided to add the maximum possible, ...

Callender has worked for Valley Water since 1996 and was appointed as CEO in May 2020. Valley Water is the agency tasked with flood control in Santa Clara County and is funded by property taxes.

Governor Josh Green, M.D., announced on Good Morning Hawaii, his plans to veto House Bill 796, which would have eliminated ...

Hawaii Governor Josh Green signed a new bill into law that will levy higher taxes on tourists visiting the island chain.

Governor Josh Green signed into law Senate Bill 1396, now Act 96 today making it the first of its kind in the nation.

Governor Josh Green signed into law Senate Bill 1396, now Act 96 today making it the first of its kind in the nation and ...

( NewsNation) — Hawaii’s new “green” tourism tax, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, is necessary for the ...

Hawaii already taxes tourist lodgings at a rate of 10.25% for hotel stays, timeshares, vacation rentals and other short-term accommodations. In addition to this, the counties in the state add a 3% ...

A panel that forecasts state tax revenue that funds Hawaii government operations on ... Those things stand to hurt employment, tourism and consumer spending, thus reducing state revenue from ...

Hawaii broke the 10 million visitor arrivals benchmark in 2019 — prompting anti-­tourism pushback from some residents. Concerns about the potential for visitors to spread COVID-19 during the ...

This reverses his previous proposal that would eliminate the tax on tourists and the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority (TDA). That, according to Pless, was just a placeholder ahead of ...