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HRS §255D-4

State can join a multi-state sales tax agreement

This section lets the state department, with the legislature's approval, join a multi-state agreement to make sales tax simpler and more modern. The department can work with other states to set standards for tax software and sellers, and can take other needed steps, like making rules and buying services together. It can also represent Hawaii in this agreement.

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The statute, as written — Authority to enter agreement

The department with the concurrence of the legislature may enter into the streamlined sales and use tax agreement with one or more states to simplify and modernize sales and use tax administration to substantially reduce the burden of tax compliance for all sellers and for all types of commerce. In furtherance of the agreement, the department may act jointly with other states that are members of the agreement to establish standards for certification of a certified service provider and certified automated system and establish performance standards for multistate sellers. The department may take other actions reasonably required to implement this section. Other actions authorized by this section include but are not limited to the adoption of rules not subject to chapter 91 and the joint procurement not subject to chapter 103D, with other member states, of goods and services in furtherance of the cooperative agreement. The department, or the department's designee, may represent this State before the other states that are signatories to the agreement.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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