Leadership entails not only planning for possible obstructions to your chosen plan of action, but also having the resolve to follow through with your plan.

Withholding is making someone who isn’t liable for tax, but who pays money to someone who is, responsible for collecting and paying the tax to the government. Employers, for example, must withhold federal and state income taxes out of wages paid to their employees.

In this week’s article, we spotlight yet another attempt by a government agency to shroud its operations in the shadows.

A business is only as good as its people. But according to Hawaii Business’ 2018 BOSS survey, 78% of business leaders in Hawaii say finding good employees is a challenge.

USA Today ranks Hawaii Island businesses highly

In this week’s spotlight is the Special Land and Development Fund, or SLDF, which is administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the DLNR. Into that fund goes all land rents the state receives for land that is either leased or used under a revocable permit (such as those used by airport or harbor-based businesses).

HONOLULU — A network of scammers is using Expedia Group’s name to take consumers for thousands of dollars, the Better Business Bureau reported.

It’s July, and already we are starting to see laws passed in the 2019 Legislature take effect.

Every so often, the news reports on people who deny the legitimacy of the government we have here in Hawaii. “We’re not subject to those laws,” they say, “so we don’t have to follow rules or pay taxes.” It pains me to read stories of people who lost their homes after being told that they didn’t have to pay back their mortgages because the laws under which they were made were invalid in Hawaii.