(a) Whenever an individual or person liable to the taxes imposed upon individuals, who is a resident of the State or who has filed a joint resident return under § 235-93, has become liable for income taxes to a state, or to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States, or to a foreign country upon any part of the individual’s or person’s taxable income for the taxable year, derived or received from sources without the State and taxed under the laws of such other jurisdiction irrespective of the residence or domicile of the recipient, there shall be credited against the tax payable by the individual or person under this chapter the tax so paid by the individual or person to the other jurisdiction upon the individual’s or person’s producing for the department of taxation satisfactory evidence:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 235-55

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Internal Revenue Code: means subtitle A, chapter 1, of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2022, as it applies to the determination of gross income, adjusted gross income, ordinary income and loss, and taxable income, except those provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which, pursuant to this chapter, do not apply or are otherwise limited in application. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 235-2.3
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(1) Of such tax payment; and
(2) That the laws of the other jurisdiction do not allow the individual or person a credit against the taxes imposed by such jurisdiction for the taxes paid or payable under this chapter, or do allow such credit in an amount which has been deducted in computing the amount of credit sought under this section.
(b) The application of such credit, however:

(1) Shall not be allowed with respect to any taxable income or any tax which under subchapter N of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (which is applicable for federal purposes but not for state purposes) is or may be the subject of an exclusion, exemption, or tax credit; and
(2) Shall not operate to reduce the tax payable under this chapter to an amount less than that which would have been payable had the taxpayer been taxable only on the income from property owned, personal services performed, trade or business carried on, and other sources in the State.
(c) If any taxes paid to another jurisdiction for which a taxpayer has been allowed a credit under this section are at any time credited or refunded to the taxpayer, such fact shall be reported by the taxpayer to the department within twenty days after the credit or refund. Failure to make such report shall be deemed failure to make a return and subject to the penalties imposed by law in such cases. A tax equal to the credit allowed for the taxes so credited or refunded shall be due and payable from the taxpayer upon notice and demand from the department. If the amount of such tax is not paid within ten days from the date of the notice and demand, the taxpayer shall be subject to the usual penalties and interest for delinquency in payment.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a credit against the taxes imposed by this chapter on account of federal income taxes.