Bill Text: HI HB1672 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Taxation; Whistleblower Awards

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-08 - (S) Referred to WAM. [HB1672 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1672-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  856-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1672

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1672, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to award a portion of any collected proceeds to individuals who provide information to the Department of Taxation regarding certain violations of Title 14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that are the basis of an administrative or judicial action brought by the Department.

 

     The Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1672, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair