Bill Text: HI SB2380 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating To Tax Administration Special Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-02 - The committee on WAM deferred the measure. [SB2380 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2380-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2380

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

Relating to Tax Administration Special Fund.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 235-20.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§235-20.5  Tax administration special fund; established.  (a)  There is established a tax administration special fund, into which shall be deposited:

     (1)  Fees collected under sections 235-20 and 235-110.9;

     (2)  Revenues collected by the special enforcement section pursuant to section 231-85; provided that in each fiscal year, of the total revenues collected by the special enforcement section, all revenues in excess of [$2,000,000] $5,000,000 shall be deposited into the general fund; and

     (3)  Fines assessed pursuant to section 237D-4.

     (b)  The moneys in the fund shall be used for the following purposes:

     (1)  Issuing comfort letters, letter rulings, written opinions, and other guidance to taxpayers;

     (2)  Issuing certificates under [[]section[]] 235-110.9;

     (3)  Administering the operations of the special enforcement section;

     (4)  Funding support staff positions in the special enforcement section; and

     (5)  Developing, implementing, and providing taxpayer education and compliance programs[, including tax publications]."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Tax Administration Special Fund

 

Description:

Increases to $5,000,000 the maximum amount of total revenues collected by the Special Enforcement Section of the Department of Taxation that may be deposited into the Tax Administration Special Fund.

 

 

 

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