1. (a) A tax at the rates herein provided shall be assessed, levied, collected, and paid for each taxable year on the taxable income of every corporation, including a corporation carrying on business in partnership, except that in the case of a regulated investment company the tax is as provided by subsection (b) and further that in the case of a real estate investment trust as defined in section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the tax is as provided in subsection (d). "Corporation" includes any professional corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 415A.

   The tax on all taxable income shall be at the rate of 4.4 per cent if the taxable income is not over $25,000, 5.4 per cent if over $25,000 but not over $100,000, and on all over $100,000, 6.4 per cent.

2. (b) In the case of a regulated investment company there is imposed on the taxable income, computed as provided in sections 852 and 855 of the Internal Revenue Code but with the changes and adjustments made by this chapter (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the deduction for dividends paid is limited to such amount of dividends as is attributable to income taxable under this chapter), a tax consisting in the sum of the following: 4.4 per cent if the taxable income is not over $25,000, 5.4 per cent if over $25,000 but not over $100,000, and on all over $100,000, 6.4 per cent.
3. (c) In the case of a shareholder of a regulated investment company there is hereby allowed a credit in the amount of the tax imposed on the amount of capital gains which by section 852(b)(3)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code is required to be included in the shareholder's return and on which there has been paid to the State by the regulated investment company the tax at the rate imposed by subsection (b); the amount of this credit may be applied or refunded as provided in section 235-110.

4. (d) In the case of a real estate investment trust there is imposed on the taxable income, computed as provided in sections 857 and 858 of the Internal Revenue Code but with the changes and adjustments made by this chapter (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the deduction for dividends paid is limited to such amount of dividends as is attributable to income taxable under this chapter), a tax consisting in the sum of the following: 4.4 per cent if the taxable income is not over $25,000, 5.4 per cent if over $25,000 but not over $100,000, and on all over $100,000, 6.4 per cent. In addition to any other penalty provided by law any real estate investment trust whose tax liability for any taxable year is deemed to be increased pursuant to section 859(b)(2)(A) or 860(c)(1)(A) after December 31, 1978, (relating to interest and additions to tax determined with respect to the amount of the deduction for deficiency dividends allowed) of the Internal Revenue Code shall pay a penalty in an amount equal to the amount of interest for which the trust is liable that is attributable solely to the increase. The penalty payable under this subsection with respect to any determination shall not exceed one-half of the amount of the deduction allowed by section 859(a), or 860(a) after December 31, 1978, of the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year.

   Notwithstanding the foregoing, beginning January 1, 2022, the department shall require a real estate investment trust subject to this chapter to:

   1. (1) Notify the department, in the manner prescribed by the department, of its operation as a real estate investment trust in the State no later than fifteen days from the first day of operation in the State; provided that, for real estate investment trusts operating in the State as of July 1, 2021, the department shall be notified no later than January 15, 2022;
   2. (2) Properly designate on its tax return that it is a real estate investment trust, as required by the department;
   3. (3) Complete its tax return in the specific manner required by the department, including following line-by-line instructions; and

   4. (4) Submit a copy of the real estate investment trust's federal tax return covering the same period with each state tax return that the real estate investment trust files with the department under this chapter.

      Any real estate investment trust that fails to comply with these requirements shall be assessed a penalty of $50 per day.

5. (e) Any corporation acting as a business entity in more than one state and which is required by this chapter to file a return and whose only activities in this State consist of sales and which does not own or rent real estate or tangible personal property and whose annual gross sales in or into this State during the tax year are not in excess of $100,000 may elect to report and pay a tax of .5 per cent of such annual gross sales.

[L Sp 1957, c 1, pt of §2; am L 1965, c 155, §§10, 11, 12 and c 201, §6; Supp, §121-23; HRS §235-71; am L 1969, c 226, §5; am L 1974, c 10, §2; am L 1978, c 173, §2(13); am L 1979, c 62, §2(11); am L 1983, c 167, §18; am L 1985, c 270, §4; am L 1987, c 239, §1(19); am L 1988, c 10, §1(3), (4); am L 2021, c 78, §2]

Note

The 2021 amendment applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021. L 2021, c 78, §4.