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Taxes You Don't See.  The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika.  
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\nThe Tax Foundation of Hawaii tries to follow and report on bills proposing new taxes.  They follow any bill that mentions taxes, or affects the tax codes.  But that\u2019s not enough.  Lawmakers can be very crafty and propose things that don\u2019t look like taxes.  Here are some examples.
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\nHB 2399, for example, establishes an \u201cExtended Producer Responsibility Program\u201d that is designed to slap a \u201cfee\u201d on anyone who imports or sells \u201cfast-moving consumer goods,\u201d which means anything non-durable like food or drink.  The Department of Health is tasked with administering the program.
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\nSenate Bill 3040, sponsored by the Department of Accounting and General Services, deals with state procurement, namely where the State buys goods and services from other businesses.  The bill directs the state procurement administrator to procure and administer automated procurement systems, and then collect a transaction fee from all vendors using those systems.
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