Hawaii: Act 96 will impose a “green tax” on tourists to safeguard Hawai‘i’s natural ecosystems from the growing impacts of ...

When international tourism declines, the direct hit to tax collections is only the first domino. Municipalities that are ...

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, ...

Officials at the United States Embassy and its consulates in Mexico have confirmed several reports of Americans being kidnapped by individuals they met on a dating app, federal officials ...

Officials at the United States Embassy and its consulates in Mexico have confirmed several reports of Americans being ...

People with measles, a highly contagious disease, are traveling on airplanes, raising concerns about the spread of the ...

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

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% ...

Hawaii already taxes tourist lodgings at a rate of 10.25% for ... In addition to this, the counties in the state add a 3% lodging tax and 4.712% excise tax on goods and services.

A panel that forecasts state tax revenue that funds Hawaii government operations on Wednesday downgraded projections for the next three fiscal years amid swirling uncertainties over federal policy ...

And for the following two fiscal years, state tax collections are expected to rebound less—1 % and 1.5 %, respectively, instead of 2.9 % and 2.5 % that the council previously expected.

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. For the current fiscal year, the council weakened its ...