Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION
Chapter 237D - TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX
Section 18-237D-2-01 - Imposition and rates

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 18-237D-2-01

Current through February, 2024

For the purposes of this chapter, there shall be levied and assessed and collected each month a tax of:

(1) 7.25 percent on the gross rental or gross rental proceeds derived from furnishing transient accommodations during the period January 1, 1999, and thereafter; or

(2) 7.25 percent on the unit's "fair market rental value" for the period beginning on January 1, 1999, and thereafter. The tax shall be assessed and collected each month on the occupant of a resort time share vacation unit. Every time share plan manager shall be liable for and pay to the department the transient accommodations tax. If a time share unit is rented, the plan manager shall be liable for the transient accommodations tax on the unit's "fair market rental value" under section 237D-2(c) and (d), HRS.

Example. ABC Hotel, engaged in the activity of furnishing transient accommodations, charges and collects $500 from a transient ($100 per night). The transient checked in on December 30, 1998, and checked out on January 4, 1999. The transient accommodations tax is imposed at 6 percent for accommodations on the nights of December 30 and 31, and it is imposed at 7.25 percent for accommodations on the nights of January 1, 2, and 3. The total tax due is 6 percent of $200 ($12) plus 7.25 percent of $300 ($21.75) for a total of $33.75 in transient accommodations tax.

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