THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

TIME:

10:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 301

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS.

Disallows dividends paid deduction for real estate investment trusts.

 

WAM

SB 394

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Replaces the current 3-factor formula for apportionment of business income with a single sales factor.

 

WAM

SB 395

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX.

Repeals exemption from conveyance tax for realty leases of less than 5 years.

 

WAM

SB 396

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MARKETPLACE FACILITATORS.

Establishes marketplace facilitators as the sellers of tangible personal property.  Requires other persons who provide a forum for listing of tangible personal property and the taking or processing of orders to report information about purchasers to the Department of Taxation.

 

WAM

SB 675

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires that real estate investment trusts file returns reporting their shareholders' pro rata shares of net income and net income attributable to this State.  Requires withholding on all payments to shareholders.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2019.

 

WAM

SB 855

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.

Specifies that certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to at-risk rules and deductions and to passive activity loss do not apply with respect to claims for the state low‑income housing tax credit.

 

WAM

SB 885

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD RENTERS CREDIT.

Adjusts the low-income household renters credit by increasing the maximum value of the credit amount to $150 per qualified exemption for households, and adjusting the income threshold to allow households with an adjusted gross income of less than $60,000 to claim the credit.

 

WAM

SB 972

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SHIP REPAIR INDUSTRY.

Establishes the ship repair industry income tax credit for non-profit entities to offset costs incurred to construct and put into service purpose-built floating drydocks at Pearl Harbor for use by the United States Navy.  Claims for the ship repair industry income tax credit can be made annually after the drydock is put into service and until the credit is exhausted.  Repeals the capital infrastructure tax credit.

 

WAM

SB 1014

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the income tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment by increasing the taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses and dollar limit on amounts creditable that constitute the tax credit.  Requires the department of taxation to make annual adjustments for inflation to the adjusted gross income thresholds and dollar limits on amounts creditable.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/19.

 

WAM

SB 1069

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO REDUCTION OF NOISE FROM HELICOPTER OPERATIONS.

Establishes a tax credit for taxpayers who install a helicopter noise canceling technology system on a helicopter owned by the taxpayer and operated primarily within the State during the taxable year.  Prohibits commercial flights of tour helicopters within one mile of a residential neighborhood between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday, or between 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. on Sundays and holidays.

 

WAM

SB 1130

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Specifies that the Internal Revenue Code section 512(a)(7), with respect to increases in unrelated business taxable income by disallowed fringe, is not operative in Hawaii income tax law.

 

WAM

SB 1267

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONFORMITY TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2018.  Clarifies wording regarding the Hawaii applicable exclusion amount.

 

WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair