#Senate Bill 2831

Maui County’s Department of Finance has made some progress by fully staffing a section devoted to managing and collecting payments of transient accommodations taxes that began in November 2021. However, the department has not yet acquired computer software needed as a long-term solution to what auditor N&K CPAs Inc. determined as a “material weakness” among findings of an annual comprehensive financial audit completed in March.

Maui County’s Department of Finance was under-staffed and ill-prepared to collect transient accommodations tax money beginning in November 2021 when a state law allowing the county to tap millions of visitor-generated revenue went into effect, according to a report by the Office of the County Auditor.