HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Rep. Sean Quinlan, Chair |
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Rep. Daniel Holt, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Jackson D. Sayama |
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Rep. Dale T. Kobayashi |
Rep. Gregg Takayama |
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Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi |
Rep. Val Okimoto |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 |
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10:00 AM |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 312 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL OAHU. Authorizes a GET exemption for businesses investing more than $750,000 over a 10-year period and creating a minimum of 50 job positions for the purpose of business development in the Pearl-City Aiea and Waipahu opportunity zones. Establishes a tax credit for upgrading infrastructure in the Pearl-City Aiea and Waipahu opportunity zones.
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ECD, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a civil penalty for failure to respond to an inquiry or request for information during a state tax examination or investigation.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CIGARETTE TAX AND TOBACCO TAX LAW. Repeals the deferred payment purchase option for cigarette tax stamps. Requires licensees to pay for stamps at the time of purchase using cash, certified check, or bank transfer.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a civil penalty for failure to respond to the Department of Taxation in relation to an inspection or examination of records.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TAX ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL FUND. Increases the amount of moneys maintained in the tax administration special fund. Amends the purpose of the fund.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT SECTION. Amends the purpose and duties of the Special Enforcement Section of the Department of Taxation.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX FAIRNESS. Increases the tax rate on capital gains. Makes the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent. Applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE REFUNDABLE FOOD/EXCISE TAX CREDIT. Increases the income threshold eligible to claim the refundable food/excise tax credit.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who purchase and install a whole house water filter system.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Retroactively restores the foreign-trade zones exemption from taxation under the general excise tax law, use tax law, fuel tax law, liquor tax law, and cigarette tax and tobacco tax law.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. Adds a cap for an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities per taxable year; consolidates the survey and certification requirements; amends the annual aggregate cap; and requires certification on a first-come, first-served basis to be based on the date a complete application is received, subject to certain conditions, for the tax credit for research activities.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Makes the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent. Allows nonrefundable state earned income tax credits claimed for certain taxable years that exceeded tax liability for the original claim year to be credited against net tax liability in subsequent years until exhausted, up to the end of the 2022 tax year.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONFORMITY TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2021.
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ECD, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are bolded.
For more information, please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6485
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________________________________________ Rep. Sean Quinlan Chair |
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