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Hawaii to Offer Tax Amnesty to Switch Short Term Rentals to Long Term

CPA Practice

Hawaii has some of the highest median home prices and rents in the country — and a persistent housing crisis. Could tax incentives geared toward turning Hawaii short-term rentals (STRs) into long-term housing increase housing stock and decrease rents for Hawaiians? However, the income tax exemption was struck.

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Last Week in Payroll: Federal Employment Taxes

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Federal Employment Taxes. The United States first imposed a federal income tax briefly during the American Civil War and also in the 1890s. Constitution in 1913 that permanently legalized a federal income tax. And in 2013, the Additional Medicare tax (0.9%) on wages in excess of $200,000 took effect.

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Some States Are Considering Shelving the Grocery Tax

CPA Practice

Grocery taxes that remain are “there for a reason. They’re needed as part of the revenue system, or because [elected officials] would rather cut other taxes,” such as the income tax, Auxier said. Tennessee, which dropped its grocery sales tax from 5% to 4% in 2017, lifted the tax for a month last August. “The

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