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***FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAII REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER*** <br /> 4 . Attorneys' fees 6, 424 . 50 0 <br /> for preparing <br /> Response <br /> 5 . Excise tax on 259 . 69 0 <br /> attorneys' fees <br /> for Response <br /> 6 . Pre-judgment 2, 109 . 41 0 <br /> interest <br /> ITOTAL FEES 55, 363 . 45 1 25, 370 . 55 <br /> As to costs, Appellant is entitled to recover $1, 206 . 35 <br /> as follows : <br /> NECESSARY EXPENSES REQUEST AWARD <br /> 1 . Copies at $ . 20 per page 2, 369 . 00 0 <br /> 2 . Courier Services for 24 . 63 0 <br /> filing <br /> 3 . Postage 12 80 . 23 80 . 23 <br /> 4 . Long Distance 46 . 04 46. 04 <br /> 5 . Fax 27 . 50 27 . 50 <br /> 6 . ' Transcripts 778 . 83 778 . 83 <br /> 7 . Color Copies 18 . 75 18 . 75 <br /> "( . . .continued) <br /> According to Department of Taxation Announcement 2006-15, as of January 1, <br /> 2007, the general excise tax in the City and County of Honolulu is 4 .50, which <br /> includes a . 5o County surcharge. Appellant seems to have used a different <br /> rate in calculating the amount of general excise tax. Because 4 . 5 percent is <br /> the amount designated by the Department of Taxation, that amount will be <br /> applied. <br /> 12 The County did not object to the costs requested for postage, long <br /> distance, fax, transcripts, color copies, filing fees, or parking. Therefore, <br /> those costs are granted as part of a reasonable award under HRS § 101-27 . See <br /> Blair, 96 Hawaii at 335, 31 P. 3d at 192 ("In the absence of opposition, we <br /> presume that the remaining costs were reasonable." (Discussing costs under <br /> HRS § 607-9 and HRAP Rule 39 (c) (2000) . ) ) ; Wong v. Takeuchi, 88 Hawaii 46, <br /> 53, 961 P.2d 611, 618 (1998) ("Unless there is a specific objection to an <br /> expense item, the court ordinarily should approve the item. " (Discussing <br /> costs under HRS § 607-9) . ) . <br /> 36 <br />