Youth vaping rates keep rising in Hawaiʻi
The rise of vaping and use of e-cigarette among Hawaiʻi’s youth has erased decades of tobacco prevention and control progress.
Ige’s plan to tax sugary drinks is viable and smart
The bill to add a 2-cent-per-ounce fee on sugary drinks is a much needed response to a billion-dollar industry that has wreaked havoc on our communities’ health for decades.
REITs should pay taxes like rest of us
This is the year for our legislature and governor to come together to do what’s best for the state: Make REITs pay state corporate income taxes.
REITs should contribute more
REITs own property in the islands with a collective estimated total value of $17 billion but, unlike other businesses, the trusts in Hawaiʻi are effectively exempt from state income tax.
Hawaiʻi lawmakers again considering taxing income on REITs
Similar legislation was vetoed by Gov. David Ige in 2019, who warned that it would hurt investment in the islands.
Advocates press for tax on real estate trusts
Real estate investment trusts own a number of landmark properties in Hawaiʻi, and their structure allows them to avoid paying Hawaiʻi’s corporate income tax.
Community activists urge governor to allow real estate tax bill to become law
Community activists paid Gov. David Ige a surprise visit at the State Capitol on Wednesday, urging him not veto a bill that would tax some of Hawaiʻi’s largest landowners.
It’s absurd that REIT income is not taxed in Hawaiʻi
Hawaiʻi lawmakers should do the right thing and pass Senate Bill 301.
Surprising support for new tax on Hawaiʻi’s powerful real estate interests
Past efforts to tax REITs, which own $18 billion of property locally, have gone nowhere. This session, the proposal has already passed the full Senate and House committees.