No Word from Leaders on Treasury OIG Decision
There has been no response from the Governor’s Office to our request for a reaction to the US Treasury Inspector General Office’s position that funds for lawmakers’ offices are not COVID-19 ...Read more
There has been no response from the Governor’s Office to our request for a reaction to the US Treasury Inspector General Office’s position that funds for lawmakers’ offices are not COVID-19 ...Read more
Villages that received checks of $10,000 from federal COVID-19 funds must account for the use of the money. They must maintain records and receipts to support how the funds are spent. This was ...Read more
“Since Fono members were already in telework capacity prior to COVID-19 due to the ongoing constriction of the legislative building, we believe the stipend payments of $20,000 and $10,000 ...Read more
The Senate is moving swiftly to approve bills recommended by the ASG Revenue Task Force. Senators voted unanimously yesterday to approve the administration bill which would update the IRS tax ...Read more
Chairman of the Revenue Task Force, Attorney General Eleasalo Talauega Ale, has apologized to members of the House Ways and Means Committee for mistakes identified with one of the ...Read more
The Senate has passed a bill that establishes a 1% alternative minimum tax for businesses that over an extended period of time reports a loss. The bill was approved by a unanimous 14-0 ...Read more
Joint hearings for the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget for ASG begin tomorrow During the House session today, Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, Rep. Vailiuama Steve Leasiolagi ...Read more
Senators have approved in second reading an administration bill which the ASG Revenue Task Force says is intended to return money to taxpayers, This is the bill to update the IRS tax table which ...Read more
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep Lavea Legaee Mauga, has advised Treasury officials that before the government comes up with new taxes, it should take a good hard look at ...Read more
The House Ways and Means Committee has entertained a motion from Tuala-uta Representative Vui Florence Saulo to move the effective date of the administration’s bill to change the tax tables for ...Read more