STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2305

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2058

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2058 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CORPORATE DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the state income tax law to remove unconstitutional limitations on the dividends received deduction.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Taxation.

 

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that section 235-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provides an income tax deduction for dividends received by a taxpayer from certain types of corporations.  However, as recognized by the Department of Taxation in Department of Taxation Announcement 98-5 and Tax Information Release 99-2, section 235-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, unconstitutionally limits the deduction based on whether the dividend is received from a Hawaii corporation or whether it is received from a foreign corporation.

 

     Your Committee further finds that this measure repeals the unconstitutional provisions of section 235-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Your Committee notes that these amendments reflect current departmental policies regarding the administration of the dividends received deduction.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2058, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2058, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair