It's taken five years, but the State of Hawaii is finally looking at a big tax windfall in the form of a recent Hawaii Supreme Court ruling. The case concerns nine online travel companies that allegedly sold Hawaii hotel rooms but didn't pay state General Excise Taxes from 2000 to 2011. "In 2010, the state tax department issued GE tax and TAT assessments against the online … [Read more...] about Hawaii Supreme Court orders online travel agencies to pay millions in unpaid taxes
Hugh Jones
Correction and Explanation Concerning Our Best Environmental Nonprofit Writeup From 2014 Best of Maui
When I originally wrote the blurb in our 2014 Best of Maui issue for the Best Environmental Nonprofit, I wrote that the SHAKA Movement–which won the readers poll–was actually not a nonprofit. In fact, they are a nonprofit–you can see their Domestic Nonprofit Corporation status in their filing here with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA)–and I've since … [Read more...] about Correction and Explanation Concerning Our Best Environmental Nonprofit Writeup From 2014 Best of Maui
The 13 Scariest People On Maui
Why go to horror movies with serial killers and demons when you’ve got plenty of frightening characters right here on Maui? Here’s a baker’s dozen of scary public officials, criminals and cops who will haunt you long after Halloween ends… 13. MELE CARROLL Democrat Mele Carroll, who has represented East Maui, Lanai and Molokai in the state House of Representatives since … [Read more...] about The 13 Scariest People On Maui
Wailuku Main Street Association Board Chairman Tom Cannon Puts Thumbs In Ears And Wags Fingers When Maui County Officials Ask For More Documents
Just when you thought that giant heap of hurt the Wailuku Main Street Association (WMSA) went and leaped into couldn't get any bigger (and that heap already includes a subpoena from the State Attorney General's office and a Dec. 5 court date), we've obtained a couple letters from October showing the county's most controversial nonprofit has threatened to sue the County of Maui … [Read more...] about Wailuku Main Street Association Board Chairman Tom Cannon Puts Thumbs In Ears And Wags Fingers When Maui County Officials Ask For More Documents