#General Excise Tax

A new list of laws take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. House Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura shared a list of laws that go into effect in the New Year.

The governor has until July 9 to issue final vetoes from the list, to sign them into law, or to allow them to become law without his signature.

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., heralded the Legislature’s passage of SB1396, creating the climate impact fee, or “green fee,” to help the islands to mitigate the impacts of climate change and the roughly 10 million visitors welcomed to Hawaiʻi each year.

State individual income tax returns are due Monday, April 21, 2025. The federal income tax filing deadline is Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., today signed two tax related bills into law: House Bill 2404 provides significant tax relief to Hawaiʻi’s working families; and Senate Bill 1035 exempts medical services reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE from the state’s General Excise Tax.

Senate Bill 1035 SD2 HD1 CD1, exempts hospitals, infirmaries, medical clinics, health care facilities, pharmacies, and medical and dental providers from General Excise Tax on goods or services that are reimbursed through Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE. If approved by the governor, this law will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

The state legislature authorized Maui County to implement a 0.5% general excise tax surcharge that took effect Jan. 1, 2024. Revenue from the county surcharge will be used for housing infrastructure, including water, wastewater, pedestrian paths and sidewalks.

County of Maui officials are reminding the public that the Maui County surcharge and general excise tax as of Jan. 1, 2024, is now 4.5%, with a maximum pass-on rate of 4.712%.

The Maui County Council’s Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee will meet Monday at 6 p.m. to discuss and receive input on Bill 49 (2023)—which, if approved, would add a 0.5% surcharge on the 4% state general excise tax.

Chair Yuki Lei K. Sugimura said the committee may consider whether to recommend passage of Bill 49 (2023), which would add a 0.5% surcharge on the 4% state general excise tax to fund housing infrastructure. The committee will also discuss revising the bill to, among other things, clarify allowable uses for the revenue.

Maui County Council’s Budget, Finance and Economic Development committee will meet June 9 at 9 a.m. to discuss the county’s new authority on general excise tax. The committee will also discuss the Wailuku-Kahului Wastewater Reclamation Facility and the Central Maui Wastewater Reclamation Facility.

For the just ended 2012 fiscal year, general fund deposits to the State of Hawaii are up by 14.9% compared with the 2011 fiscal year.

Eleven months into the current 2012 fiscal year and general fund deposits are up by 13.6% compared with the 2011 fiscal year.

Ten months into the current 2012 fiscal year, general fund deposits are up by 12.9% compared with the 2011 fiscal year.

The State of Hawaii Department of Taxation Molokai Office will be closed for three weeks beginning October 17, 2011.

On Monday, Second Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo sentenced Paul Yokoyama and his spouse, Tanya Yokoyama for failing to file tax returns, filing false tax returns as well as tampering with a government record and theft.

State House Speaker Calvin Say announced today that he would not call for a special session to override Governor Linda Lingle’s vetoes.  On June 21, 2010, the Governor released to the Legislature a list of 39 bills that were intended for veto.  The list included bills on public safety, civil unions, homelessness, and education. The […]

Lawmakers will hold two informational briefings on Maui to discuss how the budget was balanced.  House of Representatives Finance Chair, Marcus Oshiro, will make a presentation to the Maui community, explaining how the house worked to resolve a $1.2 billion shortfall without raising the general excise tax, and without taking away the transient accommodations tax […]