STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1513-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2895

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2895, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAXPAYER EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Taxation to use funds from the Tax Administration Special Fund for taxpayer education programs.

The Department of Taxation supported this measure.  Tax Foundation of Hawaii commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion.

     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 S.B. No. 2895, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2895, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair