Hawaii Excise Tax on foreign business
- From: philip_b_taylor@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 21:50:03 -0500
For years now my small consultancy business has operated
internationally, including several US states. We declare all our world-
wide income in our home country (UK) and pay the business taxes due
there. No other country or US state has ever asked my company to pay
additional taxes on our earnings.
That is, until Hawaii. We provided a few days consultancy effort
during a visit to Hawaii.
I have been astonished to be told by the Hawaii State Tax Office that
*all* companies, whatever
their country of origin, and whether or nor they have a Hawaii office
or any Hawaii-based employees, must pay 4% GET on any Hawaii-based
business activity.
This can't be true - if it is, this would make Hawaii unique in the
world, in my experience. Do the people in the tax office know what
they are talking about? Can they really impose a double
tax burden on foreign companies with no base in Hawaii? And how could
they legally enforce this anyway?
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