Bill Text: HI SB345 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Estate Tax.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB345 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB345-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the estate tax.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 236D-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§236D-4[]] Nonresidents;
tax imposed[; exemption].
(a) A tax in an amount computed
as provided in this section is imposed on the transfer of the taxable estate
located in Hawaii of every nonresident.
(b) The tax shall be computed by multiplying the federal credit by a fraction, the numerator of which is the value of the property located in Hawaii, and the denominator of which is the value of the decedent's gross estate.
[(c) The transfer of the property of a nonresident
is exempt from the tax imposed by this section to the extent that the property
of residents is exempt from taxation under the laws of the state in which the
nonresident is domiciled, except that:
(1) Real property
having an actual situs in this State, whether or not held in a trust the corpus
of which is included in a decedent's gross estate for federal estate tax
purposes;
(2) A beneficial
interest in a land trust which owns real property located in the State; and
(3) Tangible
personal property having an actual situs in this State;
shall be subject to tax under this section.]"
SECTION 2. Section 236D-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§236D-4.5[]]
Nonresidents not citizens; tax imposed[; exemption]. (a) A
tax in an amount computed as provided in this section is imposed on the
noncitizen transfer of the taxable estate located in Hawaii of every
nonresident decedent who was not a citizen at the time of their death.
(b) The tax shall be computed by multiplying the federal credit by a fraction, the numerator of which is the value of the property with a situs in Hawaii, and the denominator of which is the value of the decedent's gross estate.
[(c) The noncitizen transfer of the property of a
nonresident not a citizen is exempt from the tax imposed by this section to the
extent that the property of residents is exempt from taxation under the laws of
the state in which the nonresident not a citizen is domiciled; except that the
following shall be subject to tax under this section:
(1) Real property
having an actual situs in this State, whether or not held in a trust the corpus
of which is included in a decedent's gross estate for federal estate tax
purposes;
(2) A beneficial
interest in a land trust that owns real property located in the State; and
(3) Tangible and
intangible personal property having a situs in this State.]
[(d)] (c) "Situs" as used in this section
means the location of a decedent's property within the meaning of section 2104
of the Internal Revenue Code, including regulations and other guidance issued
thereunder, substituting "Hawaii" for "the United States"."
SECTION 3. Section 236E-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) An exclusion from a Hawaii taxable estate
shall be allowed to the estate of every decedent against the tax imposed by
section 236E-8. For the purpose of this
section, the applicable exclusion amount is [equal to:
(1) The federal applicable exclusion amount;
(2) The exemption equivalent of the unified
credit reduced by the amount of taxable gifts made by the decedent that reduces
the amount of the federal applicable exclusion amount; or
(3) The exemption equivalent of the unified
credit on the decedent's federal estate tax return,
as set forth for the
decedent in chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code as amended as of December
21, 2017, as if the decedent died on December 31, 2017,]
$ , and as
further adjusted pursuant to subsection (b)."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2024, and shall apply to decedents dying or taxable transfers occurring after December 31, 2022.
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Report Title:
Taxation; Estate Tax; Exclusion; Exemption; Nonresidents; Nonresidents Not Citizens; Department of Taxation
Description:
Amends the exclusion amount of Hawaii's estate tax. Repeals exemption for tax imposed on transfer of taxable estate located in Hawaii for nonresidents and nonresidents who are not citizens. Applicable to decedents dying or taxable transfers occurring after 12/31/2022. Effective 1/1/2024.
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