{"state":"HI","retrieved":"October 12, 2026","kind":"exact","name":"Hawaii","label":"County","effective":"Surcharges in effect through December 31, 2030","rule":"flat","hint":"The county where the dealer is (GET is a tax on the seller's business there).","sources":[{"t":"Hawaii Department of Taxation, County Surcharge on General Excise and Use Tax (0.5% in Honolulu, Kauai, Hawaii and Maui counties)","u":"https://tax.hawaii.gov/geninfo/countysurcharge/"}],"notes":["Hawaii's General Excise Tax is 4% plus a 0.5% county surcharge in every county (Kalawao is administered with Maui). It's a tax on the dealer; if passed on, the maximum visible rate is 4.712% because the pass-on is itself taxed, so a dealer's line item can be about 0.21% higher than the 4.5% shown here."],"counties":[{"n":"Hawaii","r":0.5,"p":{"county surcharge":0.5},"c":[]},{"n":"Honolulu","r":0.5,"p":{"county surcharge":0.5},"c":[]},{"n":"Kauai","r":0.5,"p":{"county surcharge":0.5},"c":[]},{"n":"Maui","r":0.5,"p":{"county surcharge":0.5},"c":[]}]}