02-22-2012, 10:22 AM
From the Hawaii Legislature website here is the stated intent :
"The purpose of this measure is to control the proliferation of temporary vacation rentals and to ensure that nonresident owners of a rental property that is rented for 30 days or less pay their fair share of general excise taxes and transient accommodations taxes on the rental income by requiring nonresident owners of residential single family dwellings, apartments, or townhouses who rent their property as a transient accommodation for 30 days or less to rent the property through a licensed real estate broker or salesperson who must collect all applicable taxes."
Looks to me they are going to use realtors to insure that the taxes are collected.
"The purpose of this measure is to control the proliferation of temporary vacation rentals and to ensure that nonresident owners of a rental property that is rented for 30 days or less pay their fair share of general excise taxes and transient accommodations taxes on the rental income by requiring nonresident owners of residential single family dwellings, apartments, or townhouses who rent their property as a transient accommodation for 30 days or less to rent the property through a licensed real estate broker or salesperson who must collect all applicable taxes."
Looks to me they are going to use realtors to insure that the taxes are collected.