(a) A tax in an amount computed as provided in this section is imposed on the noncitizen transfer of the taxable estate located in Hawaii of every nonresident decedent who was not a citizen at the time of their death.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-4.5

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Decedent: means a deceased individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Federal credit: means :

    (1) For a transfer, the maximum amount of the credit for state death taxes allowed by section 2011 of the Internal Revenue Code, as it existed on December 31, 2000, for the decedent's adjusted taxable estate;

    (2) For a generation-skipping transfer, the maximum amount of the credit for state taxes allowed by section 2604 of the Internal Revenue Code as it existed on December 31, 2000; and

    (3) For a noncitizen transfer, the maximum amount of the credit for state death taxes allowed by section 2102 of the Internal Revenue Code, as it existed on December 31, 2000, for the decedent's adjusted taxable estate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2

  • Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.
  • Gross estate: means gross estate as defined and used in sections 2031 to 2046 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Internal Revenue Code: includes the federal tax principles of alter ego, nominee, sham transaction, substance over form, economic substance, or business purpose, as those principles are developed by statute or common law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Noncitizen transfer: means a transfer within the meaning of section 2101 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Nonresident: means a decedent who was not domiciled in Hawaii at time of death. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Nonresident not a citizen: means a nonresident who is not a citizen of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Property: means :

    (1) For a transfer, property included in the gross estate; and

    (2) For a generation-skipping transfer, all real and personal property subject to the federal generation-skipping transfer tax. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2

  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Taxable estate: means taxable estate as defined in sections 2051 to 2056 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Transfer: means transfer as defined and used in section 2001 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
(b) The tax shall be computed by multiplying the federal credit by a fraction, the numerator of which is the value of the property with a situs in Hawaii, and the denominator of which is the value of the decedent‘s gross estate.
(c) The noncitizen transfer of the property of a nonresident not a citizen is exempt from the tax imposed by this section to the extent that the property of residents is exempt from taxation under the laws of the state in which the nonresident not a citizen is domiciled; except that the following shall be subject to tax under this section:

(1) Real property having an actual situs in this State, whether or not held in a trust the corpus of which is included in a decedent’s gross estate for federal estate tax purposes;
(2) A beneficial interest in a land trust that owns real property located in the State; and
(3) Tangible and intangible personal property having a situs in this State.
(d) “Situs” as used in this section means the location of a decedent’s property within the meaning of section 2104 of the Internal Revenue Code, including regulations and other guidance issued thereunder, substituting “Hawaii” for “the United States”.