Rules for third parties who collect transient accommodation rent

A. Every person authorized under an agreement by the owner of transient accommodations located within this County to collect rent on behalf of such owner is subject to this section. B. Every written rental collection, in addition to the requirements of section 237D-8.5, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, must also include in bold print and ten-point type size: "MAUI COUNTY TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAXES MUST BE PAID ON THE GROSS RENTS COLLECTED BY ANY PERSON RENTING TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE COUNTY OF MAUI" Every person entering an oral rental collection agreement must furnish the director a copy of the information furnished to the state as required under section 237D-8.5, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, and must give the owner of the property a copy of the notice required by this subsection. The statement required by this subsection may be combined with the statement-required language under section 237D-8.5, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, by adding in bold print and in ten-point type size to the front of the statement in section 237-30.5 the following in parentheses: "HAWAIʻI (INCLUDING MAUI COUNTY ADDED) TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAXES AND" Every person authorized to collect rent for another person must file a copy of the first page of the rental collection agreement with the director within thirty days after entering into the agreement, or must file a copy of federal Internal Revenue form 1099, the property owner's social security or federal identification number, and, if available, the general excise tax license and transient accommodations tax registration numbers of the owner of such property being rented with the director at the same time as such forms must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service for the applicable tax year. The person also must notify the owner that such information is being furnished and give the owner a copy of the notice. ( Ord. No. 5273 , § 2, 2021)