Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 243 · 17 active provisions
Whenever used in this chapter: "Alternative fuel" means methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols; mixtures containing eighty-five per cent or more by volume of methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols with gasoline or other fuels; natural gas; liquefied petroleum gas; hydrogen; coal-derived liquid fuels;…
(a) Every distributor, and any person before becoming a distributor, shall register as such with the department of taxation on forms to be prescribed, prepared, and furnished by the department and the department shall issue to such distributor a license which shall be valid until revoked by the department as hereinafte…
(a) The certificate of a retail dealer as to the amount of the retail dealer's retail sales during the month, referred to in section 243-10, is of no validity unless at the time of making the certificate the retail dealer holds a permit from the department of taxation, which is then in effect. In order to obtain a perm…
(a) In addition to any other taxes provided by law, subject to the exemptions set forth in section 243-7, there is hereby imposed a state environmental response, energy, and food security tax on each barrel or fractional part of a barrel of petroleum product sold by a distributor to any retail dealer or end user of pet…
(a) Every distributor shall, in addition to any other taxes provided by law, pay a license tax to the department of taxation for each gallon of liquid fuel refined, manufactured, produced, or compounded by the distributor and sold or used by the distributor in the State or imported by the distributor, or acquired by th…
The amount of the "county of Hawaii fuel tax", "city and county of Honolulu fuel tax", "county of Maui fuel tax", and "county of Kauai fuel tax", respectively, shall be determined by resolution of the county or the city council of each county adopted in the manner provided by law relating to resolutions involving the e…
The "city and county of Honolulu fuel tax" shall be paid by the department of taxation into the state treasury, and shall, by the state director of finance, be paid over to the director of finance of the city and county of Honolulu for deposit into the fund known as the "highway fund" created by section 249-18. The "co…
(a) This chapter requiring the payment of license fees shall not be held or construed to apply to fuel imported into the State in interstate or foreign commerce while and so long as such fuel is beyond the taxing power of the State, nor to any such fuel exported or sold to the government of the United States or any dep…
Every distributor shall keep in the State and preserve for five years a record in such form as the department of taxation shall prescribe, showing separately for each county and for the islands of Lanai and Molokai, within which or whereon fuel is sold or used during each month of the calendar year, the following: (1)…
Each distributor and each person subject to section 243-4, on or before the twentieth day of each calendar month, shall file with the department, on forms prescribed by the department, a statement, authenticated as provided in section 231-15, showing separately for each county and for the island of Lanai and the island…
It shall be unlawful for any distributor, or any other person, to fail, neglect, or refuse to make and file any statement required by this chapter in the manner or within the time therein provided or to make any such statement which is false in any particular.
If any distributor or other person fails, neglects, or refuses to file any statement or report as herein provided, the director of taxation, immediately after the required time for such filing has expired, may proceed to inform oneself as best the director may regarding the matters and things required to be set forth i…
The director of taxation and the director's authorized assistants may subpoena witnesses, compel the production of books, papers, and other records, administer oaths, examine books and records, and hear and take such evidence in relation to any matters within the director's jurisdiction, and upon which it is necessary…
(a) In any case of computation of the tax by the director of taxation, as provided in sections 243-12 and 243-13, the amount of the tax shall be assessed against the person liable therefor, and notice shall be given to the person of the amount of tax so assessed with penalties and interest. The notice may be given by m…
Any person aggrieved by any assessment of the tax imposed by this chapter may appeal from the assessment in the manner and within the time and in all other respects as provided in the case of income tax appeals by section 235-114. The hearing and disposition of the appeal, including the distribution of costs shall be a…
Subject to chapter 91, the director of taxation shall have power to make rules and regulations relating to matters of procedure in the administration of this chapter and the manner and forms of records to be kept by distributors, and to prescribe standard forms of statements to be filed by distributors or other persons…
All of the provisions of chapters 235 and 237 not inconsistent with this chapter and that may appropriately be applied to the taxes, persons, circumstances, and situations involved in this chapter, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) provisions as to penalties and interest, and provisions g…