HRS §235-69
Voluntary state income tax withholding from unemployment benefits
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you get unemployment benefits, you can choose to have 5% of each payment taken out for state income tax. The details are in the law about unemployment payments. This is optional, not required.
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The statute, as written — Voluntary deduction and withholding of state income tax from unemployment compensation
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
An individual receiving unemployment compensation benefits under chapter 383 may elect to have state income tax deducted and withheld from the individual's payment of unemployment compensation at the rate of five per cent in accordance with section 383-163.6.
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