What's in the Governor's Bill Package (Talking Tax)
Channel: ThinkTech Hawaii
Date: 28/01/2023

Broad Tax Relief And..  The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika.  

We discuss the signature bills in the Governor's package, including a bill to give the citizenry broad income tax relief, another bill to enact GET exemptions for groceries and medicine, and a bill containing the 'Visitor Green Fee.'

We go over the particulars of the Governor's proposals, designated GOV-01 to GOV-04 and GOV-06, time permitting.  GOV-01 adds new tax credit for teacher’s expenses. Increases the amounts for the income tax brackets, personal exemption amount and standard deduction amounts.  GOV-02 is a GET exemption for certain groceries, feminine hygiene products, incontinence products & over the counter drugs.  GOV-03 establishes the Visitor Green Fee program.  GOV-04 establishes the Climate Impact Special Fund, allocates five cents per barrel from the barrel tax to the Climate Impact Special Fund.  GOV-06 is a GET exemption for construction of affordable housing units.

The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6lmEllOKP493URXssFT4N7G

Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at https://thinktechadvisories.blogspot.com.

ThinkTech Hawaii streams from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm HST on weekdays.  Check us out any time for great content and great community.

If you have any questions, please send them to: questions@thinktechhawaii.com.

Our vision is to be a leader in shaping a more vital and thriving Hawaii as the foundation for future generations. Our mission is to be the leading digital media platform raising public awareness and promoting civic engagement in Hawaii.

ThinkTech Hawaii is a Hawaii Non-Profit Corporation: 

President and CEO - Jay Fidell
Executive VP and COO - Carol Mon Lee
Chief Engineer - Eric Kallander
Station Manager - Michael Pangilinan
Production Manager - Hayley Ikeda
Administration Manager - Maria Sabio
Broadband Provider - Servpac Inc.

Underwriters:
Atherton Family Foundation
Carol Mon Lee
Castle & Cooke Homes of Hawaii
Center for Microbial Oceanography
Research and Education
Michael Sklarz
Catherine L. Cooke and the Cooke Foundation
Hawaii Energy
Hawaii Energy Policy Forum
Hawaiian Electric
Galen Ho of Immersive Worlds
Kamehameha Schools
Miner Foundation
Roberts S. Toyofuku and Pacific Law Insitute
Sharon Y. Moriwaki
Shidler Family Foundation
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Volo Foundation
Yuriko J. Sugimura

ThinkTech treats this video as licensed under a creative commons license, and invites the public to view, distribute, disseminate and share it under the terms of that license.

The information in this video is not to be relied upon as legal, medical, accounting or other professional advice. For legal, medical, accounting or any other advice, please consult with your own professionals.

The views and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests in this video are their own and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of ThinkTech, its management or staff or other organizations with which our hosts and guests are associated.