(a) For purposes of § 235-55, each resident shareholder shall be considered to have paid a tax imposed on the shareholder in an amount equal to the shareholder’s pro rata share of any net income tax paid by the S corporation to a state that does not measure the income of S corporation shareholders by the income of the S corporation. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “net income tax” means any tax imposed on or measured by a corporation’s net income.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 235-129

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Pro rata share: means the share determined with respect to an S corporation shareholder for a taxable period in the manner provided in section 1377(a)(1) or (2) or 1362(e)(2) or (3) or (6)(D), as the case may be, of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 235-121
  • S corporation: means a corporation for which a valid election under section 1362(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is in effect. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 235-121
(b) Each shareholder of an S corporation shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by section 235-51 in an amount equal to the shareholder’s pro rata share of the tax credit earned by the S corporation in this State.