Bill Text: HI HB207 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To Taxation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-20 - Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 804). [HB207 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HB207-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	207
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO TAXATION.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

PART I

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the federal government has significantly raised the threshold for the federal estate tax.  The federal estate tax grants an exemption of $5,490,000 per individual and up to $10,980,000 for a surviving spouse; provided that the surviving spouse elects to use portability of the predeceased spouse's exemption on the predeceased spouse's estate tax return.  Estates valued at less than these amounts are exempt from paying federal estate taxes.  The recently enacted Public Law No. 115-97, originally introduced in Congress as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, doubles the threshold to approximately $11,180,000 and $22,360,000, respectively, and will result in a reduction in federal estate tax revenues.  According to Internal Revenue Service data, twenty-one estates in Hawaii paid a total of $23,471,000 in federal estate taxes in 2015.

     The legislature further finds that these changes to the federal estate tax provide the State with an opportunity to benefit Hawaii residents.  By amending Hawaii's estate tax thresholds and rates, the State can capture some of the money that certain residents will no longer be required to pay to the federal government and redirect that money to the State.

     The legislature additionally finds that any additional estate tax revenue paid to the State can be used to pay for priorities that the federal government will no longer be able to support due to the significant reduction of estate tax revenues.

     The purpose of this part is to maintain the responsibility of Hawaii residents to pay a fair and equitable tax on large estates.

     SECTION 2.  Section 236E-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  With respect to the estates of decedents dying after January 25, 2012, the tax based on the Hawaii net taxable estate shall be as provided in the following schedule:

     If the Hawaii net taxable

     estate is:                  The tax shall be:

     $1,000,000 or less          10.0% of the Hawaii net

                                   taxable estate

 

     Over $1,000,000 but         $100,000 plus 11.0% of the

       not over $2,000,000         amount by which the Hawaii

                                   net taxable estate

                                   exceeds $1,000,000

 

     Over $2,000,000 but         $210,000 plus 12% of the

       not over $3,000,000         amount by which the Hawaii

                                   net taxable estate

                                   exceeds $2,000,000

 

     Over $3,000,000 but         $330,000 plus 13% of the

       not over $4,000,000         amount by which the Hawaii

                                   net taxable estate

                                   exceeds $3,000,000

 

     Over $4,000,000 but         $460,000 plus 14% of the

       not over $5,000,000         amount by which the Hawaii

                                   net taxable estate

                                   exceeds $4,000,000

 

     Over $5,000,000 but         $600,000 plus 15.7% of the

       not over $10,000,000        amount by which the Hawaii

                                   net taxable estate

                                   exceeds $5,000,000[.]

 

     Over $10,000,000            $1,385,000 plus 20% of the

                                   amount by which the Hawaii

                                   net taxable estate

                                   exceeds $10,000,000."

PART II

     SECTION 3.  Section 247-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§247-2  Basis and rate of tax.  The tax imposed by section 247-1 shall be based on the actual and full consideration (whether cash or otherwise, including any promise, act, forbearance, property interest, value, gain, advantage, benefit, or profit), paid or to be paid for all transfers or conveyance of realty or any interest therein, that shall include any liens or encumbrances thereon at the time of sale, lease, sublease, assignment, transfer, or conveyance, and shall be at the following rates:

     (1)  Except as provided in paragraph (2):

          (A)  Ten cents per $100 for properties with a value of less than $600,000;

          (B)  Twenty cents per $100 for properties with a value of at least $600,000, but less than $1,000,000;

          (C)  Thirty cents per $100 for properties with a value of at least $1,000,000, but less than $2,000,000;

          (D)  Fifty cents per $100 for properties with a value of at least $2,000,000, but less than $4,000,000;

          (E)  Seventy cents per $100 for properties with a value of at least $4,000,000, but less than $6,000,000;

          (F)  Ninety cents per $100 for properties with a value of at least $6,000,000, but less than $10,000,000; and

          (G)  One dollar per $100 for properties with a value of $10,000,000 or greater; and

     (2)  For the sale of a single-family residential condominium or single family residence for which the purchaser is ineligible for a county homeowner's exemption on property tax:

          (A)  Fifteen cents per $100 for properties with a value of less than $600,000;

          (B)  Twenty-five cents per $100 for properties with a value of at least $600,000, but less than $1,000,000;

          (C)  Forty cents per $100 for properties with a value of at least $1,000,000, but less than $2,000,000;

          (D)  [Sixty cents] One dollar per $100 for properties with a value of at least $2,000,000, but less than $4,000,000;

          (E)  [Eighty-five cents] Two dollars per $100 for properties with a value of at least $4,000,000, but less than $6,000,000;

          (F)  [One dollar and ten cents] Three dollars per $100 for properties with a value of at least $6,000,000, but less than $10,000,000; and

          (G)  [One dollar and twenty-five cents] Four dollars per $100 for properties with a value of $10,000,000 or greater,

of [such] the actual and full consideration; provided that in the case of a lease or sublease, this chapter shall apply only to a lease or sublease whose full unexpired term is for a period of five years or more, and in those cases, including (where appropriate) those cases where the lease has been extended or amended, the tax in this chapter shall be based on the cash value of the lease rentals discounted to present day value and capitalized at the rate of six per cent, plus the actual and full consideration paid or to be paid for any and all improvements, if any, that shall include on-site as well as off-site improvements, applicable to the leased premises; and provided further that the tax imposed for each transaction shall be not less than $1."

PART III

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that:

     (1)  Part I shall apply to decedents dying or taxable transfers occurring after December 31, 2017; and

     (2)  Part II shall take effect on January 1, 2019.

 

Report Title:

Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax; Conveyance Tax; Investment Property

 

Description:

Increases estate taxes for Hawaii net taxable estates valued at over $10,000,000.  Raises the conveyance tax rates for single-family residential investment properties with a value of at least $2,000,000.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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