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THE DEPARTMENT of Finance (DoF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) expressed support for the two-year extension of the estate tax amnesty, citing difficulties in implementation and below-target revenues amid the pandemic.
Finance Undersecretary Antonette C. Tionko said the DoF does not object to the extension of the estate tax amnesty, which is set to expire on June 15.
“So we recognize that there have been difficulties in the implementation of the amnesty and the revenue that we expected has not been collected because precisely of some technicalities in the implementation,” she told a Senate Ways and Means committee hearing.
Here s Why It s So Hard To Reshape Hawaii s Tourism Industry - Honolulu Civil Beat
Policymakers fear jeopardizing the industry’s recovery from the pandemic because Hawaii needs the jobs back. Reading time: 8 minutes.
As recently as early 2020, before COVID-19 wrecked the state’s economy, Hawaii was grappling with a problem much different from today’s economic challenges. The question then was what to do about ever-growing hordes of tourists.
The 250,000 visitors in Hawaii each day equaled nearly a fifth of the state’s population. And residents’ attitudes toward them were plummeting, as visitors took over beaches, hiking trails and homes in neighborhoods that had become meccas for vacation rentals.
Hutch Rotary to host Dr. Ed Berger
The Hutchinson News
Hutchinson s Rotary Club will host Dr. Ed Berger at noon on May 3 at Stringer Fine Arts Center on the campus of Hutchinson Community College. The public is invited to attend.
Dr. Berger retired in 2014 after serving 23 years as president of Hutchinson Community College. He was elected as State Senator for Senate District 34 in 2016, serving on the Senate Ways and Means Committee, and as Subcommittee Chairman on Higher Education. He also served as Vice Chair of Public Health and Welfare Committee and was a member of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.
Bill requiring E15 gas at gas stations passes out of subcommittee Share Updated: 6:36 PM CDT Apr 29, 2021 Share Updated: 6:36 PM CDT Apr 29, 2021
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Show Transcript CITY OF KNOXVILLE GOVERNOR REYNOLDS PLAN TO ARE MORE IOWA GAS STATIONS TO OFFER ETHANOL MAY HAVE HIT A SNAG AT THE STATE HOUSE. RAYA IS BACK TO SHOW US WHY NEW AT SIX? YEAH. SO THE GOVERNOR’S RENEWABLE FUEL BILL PASSED OUT OF A SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE THIS MORNING. SO THE BILL REQUIRES GAS STATIONS TO SELL E15 STARTING IN 2026 MANY RETAILERS COMPLAIN. THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO UPGRADE THEIR TANKS CLAIMING. IT WILL COST THEM ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT AN AMENDMENT TO THE BILL WOULD ADD LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR RETAILERS. EXEMPT THE E15 STANDARD FOR THOSE WHO HAVE INCOMPATIBLE PUMPS BUT FARM GROUPS SAY THE BILL WOULD CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND BOOST THE AG ECONOMY AND HOUSE SPEAKER PAT GRASSLEY SAYS, HE’S UNSURE IF WILL REACH A COMPROMISE. I THINK THE BILL THAT
By Rod Boshart, Special to the Globe Gazette
DES MOINES â Farm interests, fuel retailers and others whipsawed a state Senate panel Thursday over a legislative proposal seeking to push more use of renewable fuels that proponents hailed as an economic boon for Iowa-based industries and critics panned as a government intrusion that would cost drivers more at the pump.
Five members of a Senate Ways and Means subcommittee heard over 75 minutes of impassioned testimony on a bill Gov. Kim Reynolds introduced to promote more ethanol and biodiesel sales in Iowa, but that House Speaker Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, conceded to reporters âis a difficult pushâ as the 2021 legislative session pushes toward adjournment.