HRS §207-16
No new business or tax requirements from this law
This section says that this law does not force any corporation to register to do business in Hawaii, and it does not make anyone pay state taxes unless they already had to before this law existed. It only protects existing rights and does not add new duties.
businesses
The statute, as written — Construction
Nothing in this part shall require any corporation to qualify to do business in this State, or subject any person, firm, corporation, or trust to taxation under any law of this State if, but for the enactment of this chapter, the person, firm, corporation, or trust would not have been required so to qualify or be subject to such taxation.
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