Council passes GET hike
Friday, June 6, 2018 02:30 pm
HILO — The Hawaii County Council on Friday passed a one-quarter percent surcharge to the general excise tax.
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Nothing here to see, it was a foregone conclusion. It will be going up again in the not to near future.
and you thought they would not raise?????where will 20 million go????for welfare???????? salary increases for gov?????
I’m left wondering if the additional tax period will really expire. Many times these so called “temporary ” taxes somehow seem to get renewed indefinitely. After all, it would be difficult to realign a budget with 20 million less dollars per annum. Hawaii county council, you should know that voters will take notice of your vote.
Tax increases do not expire Tax cuts do.
Effective January 1, 2018 the top three income tax brackets of 9%, 10%, and 11%, repealed a couple of years ago, are reinstated. Old income tax rates were 7.6%, 7.9% and 8.25%.
we all knew it was a forgone conclusion when they said they would vote again at the end of June. Now it’s time to start working oN removing these shiftless grifters in the council…I will work tirelessly to remove Tim Richards one of the worst council members who never met a tax he didn’t vote for. Also his blatant illegal short term rental which he makes $100K on per year and doesn’t disclose on his financial statements while claiming to be a working class hero. Time to run these shiftless grifters out of town and get some new blood on the council. Maybe then we can get some TAX relief instead of more experts at SPENDING OTHER PEOPLES MONEY!
Are you saying it’s $100,000 of unclaimed taxable income?
And so the downward spiral continues. The government will not need to ever work if it can just increase the % tax on everything. Doctors, teachers, and friends leaving Hawaii because it is so expensive and this is a good example why. Try going to DMV or getting a construction permit if you want to see how Hawaii uses your tax dollars.
Thieving politicians at it again. Fire 5,000 government employees and cancel the tax increase. It’s not your F’n money.