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Hawaii's governor signs new hotel tax legislation to help cope with climate change
Hawaii's governor signed legislation Tuesday that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to ...
Hawaii introduces tourist tax for people visiting state
Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the tax "ensures that visitors who come to Hawai'i are making an investment in Hawai'i's ...
Hawaii enacts ‘green fee’ on tourists to raise $100M annually for climate, ecology protection
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, has signed into law a “Green Fee” bill that will raise tourist taxes to help fund ...
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Hawaii's first-in-the-nation climate change tourist tax expected to generate nearly $100M annually
Green said the industry looked at "the greater good" for tourism, Hawaii and the planet. Green initially proposed a bill that would put revenue from the tax increase into a dedicated fund ...
Hawaii Approves First-of-its-Kind 'Green Fee' for Tourists: What to Know
Hawaii’s four counties can add an extra tax on top of the state TAT. All of them have decided to add the maximum possible, ...
Hawaii becomes first US state to charge 'Green Fee' on tourists
Hawaii became the first U.S. state to establish a climate impact fee on Tuesday, placing an additional tax on tourists to ...
Hawaii becomes 1st state to tax tourists for climate change
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green enacted legislation on May 27 establishing the country's first tourist tax designed to fund climate ...
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Governor Green to veto tax credit bill to boost Hawaii’s economy
Governor Josh Green, M.D., announced on Good Morning Hawaii, his plans to veto House Bill 796, which would have eliminated ...
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Hawaii’s governor signs new hotel tax legislation to help cope with climate change
Green said the industry looked at “the greater good” for tourism, Hawaii and the planet. Green initially proposed a bill that would put revenue from the tax increase into a dedicated fund ...