Hawaii
New State Taxes on the Wealthy Raise Revenue and Rebalance Tax Codes, Advancing Racial Justice
• By Brakeyshia Samms
Taxing the rich is proven fiscal policy – it raises revenue for vital public services and makes tax codes fairer. But a part of the debate that rarely gets enough attention: taxing the rich is also one of the most effective tools available for advancing racial equity.
Yahoo News: Hawaii’s new ‘millionaire tax’ rivals top tax rate among other states
July 13, 2026
Nick Johnson, senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, another Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit and nonpartisan tax policy organization, told the Hawaii Tax Review Commission during a June 16 meeting that the state's personal income tax is "quite progressive" given its graduated rate structure and low-income tax credits.
A Growing Number of States Are Taxing the Sale of Advertising
• By Nick Johnson
ITEP’s report on taxing advertising identifies some reasons why states are curtailing longstanding sales tax exemptions for the ad sector.
Reuters: Hawaii Considers Gasoline Tax Suspension as Pump Prices Soar
June 11, 2026
Hawaii Governor Josh Green said he is considering pausing the state's gasoline tax as pump prices surge three months into the Iran war.
States Can Raise Billions by Ending a Tax Giveaway to Big Tech
• By Nick Johnson
An advertising tax offers a way to raise significant money from a sector of the economy that has been getting a free ride for decades.
State Rundown 6/4: Fiscal Flowers and Weeds Bloom in June
• By ITEP Staff
A veritable superbloom of tax and budget policies occurred over these last few weeks, including both flowers worth admiring and weeds worth fighting back.
NYC and Montana Lead the Way on Second-Home Taxes
• By Rita Jefferson
Second home taxes make a lot of sense for communities struggling with housing costs for full-time residents. They can raise real revenues too, which can be used to support further affordable housing development.
As Inequality Grows, More States Look to Tax the Rich
• By Alex Welch
From surcharges on the income of high-earners to higher taxes on second homes, here are recent steps states have taken to tax the rich.
Taxing Advertising Would Modernize State Sales Tax Bases for the Information Age
• By Nick Johnson
Most states questionably exempt advertising from sales taxes. States that extend their sales taxes to advertising and/or enact an excise tax stand to raise billions in revenue while correcting a structural bias in their tax codes that implicitly subsidizes some of the most profitable corporations in human history.
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