A Fairly Thorough Explanation of Hawaii General Excise Tax (GET) for Beginners - 2019

Starting 1/1/2020, Big Island (county of Hawaii) will increase their surcharge to 0.5%
CORRECTION NOTICE (time stamp 15:20 - 15:53): The limit for the number of transactions allowed for vendors to sell goods or services to Hawaii without the vendor being required to obtain a GE number is 199, so after 200 transactions (not 250), the out of state vendor must apply for a General Excise Tax license.
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Websites:
(List of exemptions and other GET laws) - files.hawaii.go...
(Instructions for filing Hawaii GET, pg 4 and pg 22 were touched on in this video) - files.hawaii.go...
(Login screen with search link) - hitax.hawaii.g...
(Hawaii DOTax main site) - tax.hawaii.gov/
(Wayfair vs South Dakota effects on Hawaii) www.salestaxin...
List of items discussed in this video include:
Some of the requirements and expectations for General Excise and Use Tax in Hawaii, and how they differ from Sales Tax. A brief discussion on the Wayfair Online Sales Tax outcome and how Hawaii was affected. Filing frequency requirements. Hawaii business license. Wholesale rates versus regular rates and insurance commissions rates. Exemptions. New surcharges as of Jan. 1st 2019 for 2 new districts. 1099/contractor employees.