THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 1033

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE.

Amends section 39-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow premiums received from the sale of general obligation bonds to be used for eligible capital expenditures pursuant to section 39-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

WAM

SB 1091

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ITEMIZED INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS.

Exempts charitable income tax deductions from the itemized deduction caps.

 

WAM

SB 1094

      Status & Testimony

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND.

Makes a general fund appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 to recapitalize the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund.

 

WAM

SB 1174

      Status & Testimony

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

Makes emergency appropriations for costs associated with the operations of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.  Appropriations for LTG100, PSD503, and AGS221.

 

WAM

SB 1184

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

Provides a vehicle for conforming amendments to the Hawaii income tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code made in calendar year 2012.

 

WAM

SB 1185

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO DENIAL OF GENERAL EXCISE TAX BENEFITS.

Mandates that nonprofit organizations receive notice before denial of general excise tax benefit; limits liability of persons having control of certain amounts held in trust for nonprofit organizations; and defines "nonprofit organization".

 

WAM

SB 1187

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO DELINQUENT TAXES.

Establishes a reasonableness standard for when a tax is deemed uncollectible.

 

WAM

SB 1188

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE ESTATE AND GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAXES.

Amends the definition of the applicable exclusion amount and clarifies the application of estate and generation-skipping taxes for civil union couples and makes technical, housekeeping amendments for consistency.

 

WAM

SB 1190

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF USE TAX ON IMPORTED CONTRACTING.

Clarifies taxation of contracting under use and general excise tax laws.

 

WAM

SB 1191

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO BOARDS OF REVIEW.

Allows for up to three boards of review per taxation district and allows members of one board to be temporarily assigned to another board within the same district for purposes of establishing quorum.

 

WAM

SB 1192

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COLLECTION OF TAXES.

Increases the amount of time that the Department of Taxation has within which to sell property that has been seized due to a failure of the taxpayer to pay the tax delinquency  and provides for a tolling of the time period if any party commences an action concerning the seized property.

 

WAM

SB 1193

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SECTION 237-24.3, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Repeal exemption for liquor, tobacco, and food sold to common carriers.

 

WAM

SB 1196

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CASH ECONOMY ENFORCEMENT.

Assists with enforcement of cash economy laws by the Department of Taxation.

 

WAM

SB 1197

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT SECTION.

Deletes the sunset provisions for the Special Enforcement Section of the Department of Taxation.

 

WAM

SB 1203

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII ESTATE AND GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

Provides a vehicle for conforming amendments to the Hawaii estate and generation-skipping transfer tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code made in calendar year 2012.

 

WAM

SB 1204

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ESTATE AND GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX LAW.

Provides a vehicle for conforming amendments to the Hawaii estate and generation-skipping transfer tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code made by Public Law 112-240.

 

WAM

SB 1205

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INCOME TAX LAW.

Provides a vehicle for conforming amendments to the Hawaii income tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code made by Public Law 112-240.

 

WAM

SB 1206

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAX COLLECTION.

Clarifies provisions regarding the collection of taxes.

 

WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator David Y. Ige

Chair