 |
| Above, a hillside view of Diamond Head and Waikiki hotels. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Hawaii's Democrat-controlled government's cruise tax on cruise ship line has been blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals before it went into effect.
This is a big win for cruise lines.
Travel Weekly reported:
A federal appeals court blocked Hawaii's cruise tax the day before it was set to take effect, a win for the cruise lines. CLIA, the cruise lines' trade group, had sued the state of Hawaii in August over the new legislation.
The Dec. 31 order in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was issued within hours of the 11% tax becoming effective in the new year. It followed a Dec. 23 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Jill Otake that had cleared the way for the tax to start Jan. 1.
The appeals court has not yet reached a final decision on the lawsuit. The order blocking the tax remains in effect until it does so, and the process is being expedited.
To read more, go here.
No comments:
Post a Comment