STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2734

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2279

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2279 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the law relating to taxation.

Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which amends this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with language to:

(1) Require that any qualified tuition reduction for graduate assistants enrolled in graduate level coursework be considered taxable income; and

(2) Limit the qualified tuition reduction for graduate assistants enrolled in graduate level coursework to an amount that is equal to not more than a certain percentage of the resident tuition fee.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2279, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2279, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair