STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1739

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 609

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 609, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Board Of Taxation Review, 2nd Taxation District (Maui)

G.M. No. 609

PATRICK ING, for a term to expire 06-30-2018,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee reviewed the resume and personal statement submitted by Patrick Ing for service on the Board of Taxation Review for the 2nd Taxation District (Maui).

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Patrick Ing from the Department of Taxation.

     Upon review of the testimony, your Committee finds that the nominee's many years of service in the areas of taxation, auditing, and accounting, as well as his service on various community boards, qualify him to serve on the Board of Taxation Review for the 2nd Taxation District.  Your Committee notes that Mr. Ing received a Master of Accounting degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Mr. Ing is a certified public accountant and has more than twenty-five years of experience, with twenty-two years of experience working in his own accounting practice.  Prior to starting his own practice, Mr. Ing worked with Robert H.Y. Leong & Company.

     Mr. Ing is a member of several professional and community organizations, including the Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants, where he previously served as Director.  Mr. Ing also previously served on the Board of Taxation Review for the 2nd Taxation District.  Your Committee believes that the nominee's extensive experience and dedication would benefit the Board of Taxation Review, as well as Hawaii taxpayers and the tax community.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair