Bill Text: HI HB836 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Income Tax Credits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-03 - The committee(s) on ECD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB836 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB836-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to income tax credits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that there are significant benefits to the State, employers, and employees when employers allow their employees to telework. Encouraging employers to allow employees to telework will benefit Hawaii's job market, improve the expansion of internet and broadband in rural communities, reduce traffic congestion and carbon emissions, and provide benefits to employees by significantly improving job satisfaction.
The purpose of this Act is to establish a telework tax credit to encourage employers to allow their employees to telework.
SECTION 2. Chapter 235, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§235- Telework
tax credit. (a) There
shall be allowed to each taxpayer subject to the tax imposed by this chapter a telework
tax credit for an employer who allows at least thirty per cent of the employer's
workforce to telework. The tax credit shall
be deductible for the taxpayer's net income tax liability, if any, imposed by this
chapter for the taxable year in which the credit is properly claimed.
(b) The
amount of the tax credit shall be equal to $
per employee who is allowed to telework at least two-thirds of the time that the
employee is expected to work; provided that the amount of the tax credit shall not
exceed $ in any taxable
year.
(c) If
the tax credit under this section exceeds the taxpayer's net income tax liability,
the excess of credit over liability may be used as a tax credit against the taxpayer's
net income tax liability in subsequent years until exhausted. All claims for tax credits under this section,
including any amended claims, shall be filed on or before the end of the twelfth
month following the close of the taxable year for which the credit may be claimed.
Failure to comply with the foregoing provision
shall constitute a waiver of the right to claim the credit.
(d) The
director of taxation shall prepare any forms that may be necessary to claim a tax
credit under this section. The director may
also require the taxpayer to furnish information to ascertain the validity of the
claims for credit made under this section and may adopt rules necessary to effectuate
the purposes of this section pursuant to chapter 91.
(e) For
the purposes of this section:
"Employer" means any employer upon whom
an income tax is imposed by this chapter.
"Telework" means an alternative work
arrangement whereby employees perform the normal duties and responsibilities of
their positions through the use of telecommunication devices, either at home or
another place apart from the employees' usual place of work."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act, upon its approval, shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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Report Title:
Telework; Tax Credits; Employers; Employees
Description:
Establishes a telework tax credit for employers who allow telework for at least thirty per cent of their employees. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/20.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
