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Special Report: 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards

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AICPA News – July 2025

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In parallel with his public service, he is in the early stages of co-founding an estate planning and estate tax firm alongside his wife, who is also a licensed CPA. Chilcott holds both a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Accounting from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Partnership Tax TRP Remove Treas.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Boundless energy

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Hawaii: Enrolled Agent Michele K. During the 2016 through 2022 tax years, Gibson prepared at least 135 returns containing fraudulent information, causing a loss to the IRS of at least $125,197, which Gibson has agreed to pay in restitution. Georgia: Attorney Nevada M. Tuggle, Duluth, indefinite from March 18, 2025; CPA William B.

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Excise tax versus sales tax

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Excise tax, unlike sales tax, is also levied on the federal level, though generally U.S. jurisdictions collect far less in excise taxes than other countries do. Fuel, alcohol, tobacco and gambling lead the list of products incurring excise taxes in state.

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Mastering U.S. Federal Payroll Compliance

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Why are some states’ sale taxes higher than others?

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When you sell across multiple states – or even within various localities in a single state – one striking observation emerges: the consistent inconsistency of sales tax rates. The federal income tax has just seven brackets to cover the whole span of what somebody can make.

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

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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.