#hotel room tax
Mayor and Council Chair Seek to Protect Visitor Tax
Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa will join Council Chair Gladys Baisa in lobbying state lawmakers on Friday in an effort to retain the County’s hotel room tax revenue.
Tavares on TAT: “We can see the light at the end of the tunnel”
By Wendy Osher The state legislature did not vote before Friday’s deadline on a proposal to take the county’s share of the Transient accommodation tax or TAT. Now it’s a wait and see situation as county mayors across the state monitor the latest developments. “We’re not out of the woods quite yet,” said Maui Mayor […]
LINGLE TRIES TO RALLY SUPPORT FOR TAX VETO
Governor Linda Lingle is trying to rally support behind her efforts to veto three bills calling for tax increases. One of the bills calls for a 28 percent hike in the hotel room tax. Anther bill calls for an increase in conveyance tax for land purchases over $2 million. And a final bill would increase […]
