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.