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***FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAII REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER*** <br /> regarding messenger fees as it does in support of legal research <br /> costs, that "Appellant is entitled to all damages actually <br /> expended, and [the] County does not dispute that the fees were <br /> actually incurred. " However, this court has come to the same <br /> conclusion regarding messenger fees as it has with regard to <br /> legal research costs - that they are properly seen as a part of a <br /> firm' s overhead and, therefore, should be reflected in attorneys' <br /> fees . <br /> It follows that this court has already determined that <br /> a reasonable hourly rate for attorneys in the community is <br /> inclusive of overhead costs such as research and messenger fees, <br /> and Appellant does not argue that HRS § 101-27 damages are not <br /> subject to a reasonableness requirement . See HRS § 101-27 <br /> (allowing recovery for "a reasonable amount to cover attorney' s <br /> fees paid by the defendant in connection therewith, and other <br /> reasonable expenses" (emphases added) ) . Therefore, Appellant' s <br /> request for taxation of messenger fees to the County is denied. <br /> 2 . <br /> Second, although the County argues that Appellant lacks <br /> authority for its request to include excise tax in the assessment <br /> of fees, it is common practice in this jurisdiction to include an <br /> excise tax in the amount of the fee award. See, e. g. , DFS Group, <br /> 110 Hawaii at 223, 131 P. 3d at 506 ("Accordingly, applying a <br /> rate of $215/hour to a sum of 105 hours, we conclude that DFS has <br /> shown that it has incurred $22, 575 . 00 in reasonable and necessary <br /> 20 <br />