STAND. COM. REP. NO. 669

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1504

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1504, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC FILING OF TAX RETURNS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Taxation, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the electronic, telephonic, or optical filing of tax returns under certain conditions.

 

     The Department of Taxation submitted written comments in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that authorizing the Department of Taxation to require electronic, telephonic, or optical filing of tax returns under certain conditions should decrease the time it takes to process those tax returns and any applicable tax refunds.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1504, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1504, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair