THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

TIME:

10:02 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

TIMESLOT:

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The Legislature is accepting written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.

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A G E N D A

 

SB 2279, SD1

      (SSCR2734)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires qualified tuition reduction for graduate assistants enrolled in graduate level coursework to be considered taxable income.  Restricts the qualified tuition reduction for graduate assistants enrolled in graduate level coursework to be equal to a certain percentage of the resident tuition fee.  (SD1)

 

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SB 2280, SD1

      (SSCR2746)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FINANCING.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the State.  (SD1)

 

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SB 2725

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PASS-THROUGH ENTITY TAXATION.

For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023, adds a definition for "qualified member" and repeals the definitions for "direct member" and "indirect member" as used in the State's pass-through entity taxation election law.  For pass-through entities electing to pay Hawaii income taxes at the entity level, allows certain qualified members entitled to a tax credit to use the credit against the member's net income tax liability in subsequent years until exhausted.

 

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SB 2831

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE COUNTY TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Authorizes the Department of Taxation to assist a requesting county in levying, assessing, collecting, and otherwise administering the county transient accommodations tax, including delinquencies and penalties, for a 2-year period beginning 1/1/2025.

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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Please note the following:

 

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·         Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 1 minute each.

 

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For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair