02-27-2018, 08:07 AM
Currently, the distribution is capped but I don't believe that will always be the case.
Correct: eventually State will reduce the County share to zero -- never forget that Oahu is "the economic engine of the state", and the neighbor islands are just there as a resource for State to exploit as necessary.
Whoever (county, state) benefits the most from getting them registered and paying full tax should hire a couple of people to just start knocking on doors or writing letters.
Kinda my point -- if State wants more TAT, then State should come over here and enforce that rule, because State is the one who gets that money.
I maintain that County should tax TVRs indirectly as a "use class", because then County gets to keep that money.
Correct: eventually State will reduce the County share to zero -- never forget that Oahu is "the economic engine of the state", and the neighbor islands are just there as a resource for State to exploit as necessary.
Whoever (county, state) benefits the most from getting them registered and paying full tax should hire a couple of people to just start knocking on doors or writing letters.
Kinda my point -- if State wants more TAT, then State should come over here and enforce that rule, because State is the one who gets that money.
I maintain that County should tax TVRs indirectly as a "use class", because then County gets to keep that money.