Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Hawaii struggles to meet growing needs in housing, education, health care and climate resilience, a broad coalition of ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Medical experts are warning Hawaii patients to take a closer look at their medical bills. Hawaii’s general excise tax can be misapplied, potentially leading to overcharges ...

Have you ever wondered why gas, cigarettes or alcohol cost so much? The answer often comes down to an excise tax — a special tax that’s built right into the price of certain goods. So, what is excise ...

HONOLULU (CN) — Booking.com is challenging Hawaii’s authority to tax online travel bookings, but the Dutch-based company first faced a threshold question before the Hawaii Supreme Court on Tuesday: ...

Excise taxes and sales taxes both generate government revenue, but they work in fundamentally different ways. Sales taxes apply broadly to most retail purchases at a uniform percentage rate, appearing ...

When WalletHub adjusts those figures for Hawaiʻi’s higher cost of living, the state’s overall rank jumps to 51st, last among the states and D.C., underscoring how island prices can turn tax bills into ...

This is part 2 of Weintraub’s series covering the major changes from the OBBBA. This follows our initial article where we discussed the no tax on tips and overtime provisions, the SALT deduction, and ...