HRS §236E-20
Getting back part of the Hawaii transfer tax you paid
If you paid Hawaii's transfer tax and you are legally allowed to get back part of the federal transfer tax from someone who received property, you can also get back part of the Hawaii tax from them. The amount is based on the value of the property they received in Hawaii compared to the total value of all Hawaii property in the transfer. This only applies if the governing document does not say otherwise.
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The statute, as written — Reimbursement
If a person who pays the Hawaii transfer tax arising from a taxable transfer is entitled under the Internal Revenue Code or any other state or federal statute or rule of law to reimbursement of a portion of the federal transfer tax from any other person who has received transferred property, then, unless the governing document directs otherwise, the person who paid the Hawaii transfer tax shall be entitled to reimbursement from that other person of a portion of the Hawaii transfer tax. The amount of reimbursement shall be determined by multiplying the total Hawaii transfer tax by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the gross value of the transferred property received by that other person and having a tax situs in the State that gives rise to a right of reimbursement of the federal transfer tax, and the denominator of which shall be the gross value of all transferred property having a tax situs in the State.
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