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State Tax Collections Soared Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels In The Past Year civilbeat.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from civilbeat.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
KAHULUI, Hawai‘i Officials on Maui are moving quickly to implement a new tax on tourists after state lawmakers overrode a veto by Gov. David Ige this week.
State lawmakers overrode Ige’s veto of a bill that overhauls how the state funds the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and allocates tourism tax revenue to the counties.
The new law allows the state s four main counties to collect a 3% tax from visitors staying at hotels and other short-term rentals.
Before the new law, the state collected a 10% hotel tax and distributed a share to each county. Now, the counties can levy their own surcharge to the tax and keep the money for county needs.
Hawaii lawmakers amend bills in response to governor request
Associated Press 9 hrs ago By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) Hawaii lawmakers on Thursday passed amendments to several bills as requested by Gov. David Ige, including one that uses general funds to repay debt instead of federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Democratic Rep. Sylvia Luke, the chair of the House Finance Committee, explained that lawmakers and the Ige administration had agreed during the spring legislative session to use the relief money to repay debt, as originally outlined in HB 54. But then the U.S. Treasury Department issued guidance the day after lawmakers adjourned saying they money could not be used for that purpose.