I was talking to a graphic designer the other day about a project she had recently completed. She said, “I won’t charge them much. They are a non-profit.” Curious, I asked her what she thought the budget of the non-profit is. She had no idea that the budget of the agency was, from what I...Read More

The General Excise Tax (GE Tax) is a tax on the gross sales of a business. Currently, it is 4.166% for Hawaii Island businesses and an additional half a percent higher on Oahu. There are very few exceptions: it is collected on basically all goods and services including clothes, food, rent, automobiles sales and just...Read More

We recently installed a large display on the entrance to our office. Previously, we had a nice blue entrance; this time we decided to go for green. The material is see-through, so from the inside of our office, you can see out clearly. From the exterior, you can see the graphic, but not the inside...Read More

Last week we started several new projects, and nearly a third were projects for people who speak English as a second language. All grew up outside of the United States and were now running businesses on Hawaii Island. This is not unusual: a large number of our clients fit the profile of immigrant, non-native speakers...Read More