Hawaii budget, debt, and interest

The tax provisions concern state revenue and tax expenditure. They do not report actual foregone revenue, an appropriation, a fiscal balance, debt or interest payments. For credits issued after July 1, 2026, an allocated partner or member that is itself a partnership or limited liability company may further allocate the credit, or transfer, sell or assign some or all of it to any taxpayer, even without a direct or indirect interest in the qualified building. The transferor must notify the Tax Department by the twentieth day of the first month following the end of the tax year for which the credit may be claimed. The transferee cannot further allocate, transfer, sell or assign it. A qualifying state credit does not require eligibility for allocation of a federal credit. The law extends Act 129 of 2016’s special credit schedule and statutory restoration date from December 31, 2027 to December 31, 2032. This extends the referenced schedule; it does not abolish every low-income housing credit after 2032. Act 129’s schedule generally matches the allocated federal amount in the first five years, allows a sixth-year shortfall catch-up, and otherwise provides zero in remaining years, subject to the allocated state total. The Act 226 of 2021 amendments survive the December 31, 2032 restoration. That earlier act includes qualified-project, allocation, Form 8609 and timely-claim conditions; its special rules for buildings placed in service after December 31, 2020 include a state allocation cap of 50% of the building’s ten-year federal allocation. The extension is not an unlimited new credit allocation or a refund entitlement. Act 205 took effect on approval July 8, 2026. Its subsection 235-110.8(b) transfer and allocation amendments are expressly preserved when the statute is restored on December 31, 2032. Approval is separate from the after-July-1 credit-issuance condition and the future restoration date. The originals establish the approved rules and referenced amendment chain. Later amendments, federal eligibility, administrative rules, actual allocations and tax claims require separate review. The law does not establish homes completed, lower rents or a causal change in the chart.

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this Act shall be repealed on December 31, [] 2032

The tax provisions concern state revenue and tax expenditure. They do not report actual foregone revenue, an appropriation, a fiscal balance, debt or interest payments. For credits issued after July 1, 2026, an allocated partner or member that is itself a partnership or limited liability company may further allocate the credit, or transfer, sell or assign some or all of it to any taxpayer, even without a direct or indirect interest in the qualified building. The transferor must notify the Tax Department by the twentieth day of the first month following the end of the tax year for which the credit may be claimed. The transferee cannot further allocate, transfer, sell or assign it. A qualifying state credit does not require eligibility for allocation of a federal credit. The law extends Act 129 of 2016’s special credit schedule and statutory restoration date from December 31, 2027 to December 31, 2032. This extends the referenced schedule; it does not abolish every low-income housing credit after 2032. Act 129’s schedule generally matches the allocated federal amount in the first five years, allows a sixth-year shortfall catch-up, and otherwise provides zero in remaining years, subject to the allocated state total. The Act 226 of 2021 amendments survive the December 31, 2032 restoration. That earlier act includes qualified-project, allocation, Form 8609 and timely-claim conditions; its special rules for buildings placed in service after December 31, 2020 include a state allocation cap of 50% of the building’s ten-year federal allocation. The extension is not an unlimited new credit allocation or a refund entitlement. Act 205 took effect on approval July 8, 2026. Its subsection 235-110.8(b) transfer and allocation amendments are expressly preserved when the statute is restored on December 31, 2032. Approval is separate from the after-July-1 credit-issuance condition and the future restoration date. The originals establish the approved rules and referenced amendment chain. Later amendments, federal eligibility, administrative rules, actual allocations and tax claims require separate review. The law does not establish homes completed, lower rents or a causal change in the chart.

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this Act shall be repealed on December 31, [] 2032

The tax provisions concern state revenue and tax expenditure. They do not report actual foregone revenue, an appropriation, a fiscal balance, debt or interest payments. Beginning January 1, 2027, counties cannot exercise HHFDC’s new county-assistance exemption authority under section 201H-36(a)(6); the prior county-project exemption language is removed. Other stated county housing powers remain, including conditional construction and mortgage assistance. This subsection still does not empower a county to cause the State to issue general-obligation bonds for its project. HHFDC may approve and certify eligible projects under a county assistance program where at least 50% of available units serve households at or below 100% of HUD median family income. Unless HHFDC exempts a project, regulatory agreements require at least five years for moderate rehabilitation, ten years for substantial rehabilitation, and thirty years from the certificate of occupancy for new construction; new county-assisted construction instead has a fifteen-year minimum from that certificate. These conditions are not a universal entitlement to exemption. HHFDC must amend its administrative rules under chapter 91 to conform to the law. Signing does not establish that the rules, applications or certifications have been completed. Approval was July 8, 2026; sections 2 and 3 begin January 1, 2027. The act preserves its amendments through specified intervening statutory restorations, then repeals the act on July 1, 2031 and restores sections 46-15.1 and 201H-36 to their pre-act form. The separately stated June 30, 2030 certification window for the section 104-2(i)(2) project pathway is not extended to 2031 by this approval. For the separate section 104-2(i)(2) pathway, Act 215 removes the restriction that allowable general-excise and use-tax costs apply only to contracting. It retains a $30 million annual aggregate limit for that pathway’s certified projects, a July 1, 2018–June 30, 2030 approval/certification window, all units at or below 140% of HUD median family income with at least 20% at or below 80%, and protection against refusal solely because an applicant holds a Section 8 voucher. The separate ordinary rental pathway retains at least 50% of units at or below 80%, of which at least 20% of available units are at or below 60%. These are distinct pathways, not the income conditions or a newly imposed cap for every county-assisted project. Later amendments, the referenced restoration statutes, HHFDC rules, actual certifications and fiscal or housing outcomes remain separate review tasks. This approval authorizes conditional exemptions; it does not allocate $30 million in new spending, create a statewide rent cap or prove additional homes.

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shall not exceed $30,000,000 per year in the aggregate

The tax provisions concern state revenue and tax expenditure. They do not report actual foregone revenue, an appropriation, a fiscal balance, debt or interest payments. Beginning January 1, 2027, counties cannot exercise HHFDC’s new county-assistance exemption authority under section 201H-36(a)(6); the prior county-project exemption language is removed. Other stated county housing powers remain, including conditional construction and mortgage assistance. This subsection still does not empower a county to cause the State to issue general-obligation bonds for its project. HHFDC may approve and certify eligible projects under a county assistance program where at least 50% of available units serve households at or below 100% of HUD median family income. Unless HHFDC exempts a project, regulatory agreements require at least five years for moderate rehabilitation, ten years for substantial rehabilitation, and thirty years from the certificate of occupancy for new construction; new county-assisted construction instead has a fifteen-year minimum from that certificate. These conditions are not a universal entitlement to exemption. HHFDC must amend its administrative rules under chapter 91 to conform to the law. Signing does not establish that the rules, applications or certifications have been completed. Approval was July 8, 2026; sections 2 and 3 begin January 1, 2027. The act preserves its amendments through specified intervening statutory restorations, then repeals the act on July 1, 2031 and restores sections 46-15.1 and 201H-36 to their pre-act form. The separately stated June 30, 2030 certification window for the section 104-2(i)(2) project pathway is not extended to 2031 by this approval. For the separate section 104-2(i)(2) pathway, Act 215 removes the restriction that allowable general-excise and use-tax costs apply only to contracting. It retains a $30 million annual aggregate limit for that pathway’s certified projects, a July 1, 2018–June 30, 2030 approval/certification window, all units at or below 140% of HUD median family income with at least 20% at or below 80%, and protection against refusal solely because an applicant holds a Section 8 voucher. The separate ordinary rental pathway retains at least 50% of units at or below 80%, of which at least 20% of available units are at or below 60%. These are distinct pathways, not the income conditions or a newly imposed cap for every county-assisted project. Later amendments, the referenced restoration statutes, HHFDC rules, actual certifications and fiscal or housing outcomes remain separate review tasks. This approval authorizes conditional exemptions; it does not allocate $30 million in new spending, create a statewide rent cap or prove additional homes.

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shall not exceed $30,000,000 per year in the aggregate

The tax provisions concern state revenue and tax expenditure. They do not report actual foregone revenue, an appropriation, a fiscal balance, debt or interest payments. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2026, the annual cash-contribution deduction rises from $5,000 to $20,000 for an individual and from $10,000 to $40,000 for a joint return. A married couple filing separately shares a combined $20,000 annual deduction limit. The all-years cash-contribution/deduction limit rises from $25,000 to $200,000, excluding interest; married individuals with separate accounts share that $200,000 total. These are deduction and qualifying-contribution limits, not a $200,000 grant, refundable tax credit or doubled $400,000 married-couple allowance. Act 217 was approved July 8, 2026, and applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026. The increased limits do not apply to tax year 2026 merely because the act was signed in July. A qualifying first principal residence must be owned and occupied as the only home, with no residential-property interest held by the individual or spouse in the five years before opening the account. The Hawaii trust must use an eligible insured institution that makes Hawaii mortgages, invest in fully insured savings or time deposits, and distribute the entire account within 120 months of the first contribution. Contributions distributed within 365 days lose the deduction, with prior-year reassessment where required. Verified payments go to the property’s mortgagor, contractor or other vendor; otherwise the trustee withholds 10% and remits it within ten days, subject to the statutory exceptions. The amended law retains reporting one-tenth of a qualifying purchase distribution as gross income annually until fully included over the statutory ten-year schedule. An earlier sale generally accelerates the remaining income and adds tax equal to 10% of the total distribution; that added tax does not apply after the full inclusion period. Death and total-disability exceptions and survivor continuation options remain. Unamended subsections in the official statute also address nonqualifying distributions, use of the account as loan security, divorce transfers, later marriage to a property owner and trustee reporting. The account is not an unconditional tax-free withdrawal program. The captured official statute still displays the pre-2027 monetary limits. It supports the unamended subsections, while the signed Act 217 supports the future changes. Later amendments, current rules and forms, account availability and actual claims still require review. This law does not establish lower home prices or a causal change in the chart.

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There shall be allowed as a deduction from gross income

The tax provisions concern state revenue and tax expenditure. They do not report actual foregone revenue, an appropriation, a fiscal balance, debt or interest payments. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2026, the annual cash-contribution deduction rises from $5,000 to $20,000 for an individual and from $10,000 to $40,000 for a joint return. A married couple filing separately shares a combined $20,000 annual deduction limit. The all-years cash-contribution/deduction limit rises from $25,000 to $200,000, excluding interest; married individuals with separate accounts share that $200,000 total. These are deduction and qualifying-contribution limits, not a $200,000 grant, refundable tax credit or doubled $400,000 married-couple allowance. Act 217 was approved July 8, 2026, and applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026. The increased limits do not apply to tax year 2026 merely because the act was signed in July. A qualifying first principal residence must be owned and occupied as the only home, with no residential-property interest held by the individual or spouse in the five years before opening the account. The Hawaii trust must use an eligible insured institution that makes Hawaii mortgages, invest in fully insured savings or time deposits, and distribute the entire account within 120 months of the first contribution. Contributions distributed within 365 days lose the deduction, with prior-year reassessment where required. Verified payments go to the property’s mortgagor, contractor or other vendor; otherwise the trustee withholds 10% and remits it within ten days, subject to the statutory exceptions. The amended law retains reporting one-tenth of a qualifying purchase distribution as gross income annually until fully included over the statutory ten-year schedule. An earlier sale generally accelerates the remaining income and adds tax equal to 10% of the total distribution; that added tax does not apply after the full inclusion period. Death and total-disability exceptions and survivor continuation options remain. Unamended subsections in the official statute also address nonqualifying distributions, use of the account as loan security, divorce transfers, later marriage to a property owner and trustee reporting. The account is not an unconditional tax-free withdrawal program. The captured official statute still displays the pre-2027 monetary limits. It supports the unamended subsections, while the signed Act 217 supports the future changes. Later amendments, current rules and forms, account availability and actual claims still require review. This law does not establish lower home prices or a causal change in the chart.

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There shall be allowed as a deduction from gross income