Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-9 – Records
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-9
- Property: means tangible personal property, intangible property, and prepaid telephone calling services but does not include:
(1) Newspapers or other periodical publications purchased on the subscription plan, issued at stated intervals as frequently as four times a year, and of the class admitted to the United States mails as second class matter under the laws and regulations governing the postal service on January 1, 1965;
(2) Securities as defined in title 15 United States Code § 78c or similar laws of jurisdictions outside the United States;
(3) Commodities for future delivery and other agreements, options, and rights as defined in title 7 United States Code § 2 that are permitted to be traded on a board of trade designated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act;
(4) Evidence of indebtedness;
(5) Interest in land; or
(6) Dividends as defined by chapter 235. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
Every person who is engaged in any business in the State and who is required under this chapter to make returns, shall keep in the English language in the State and preserve for a period of three years, books of account or other records in sufficient detail to enable the director of taxation, as far as reasonably practicable, to determine whether or not any taxes imposed by this chapter are payable in respect of the property, services, or contracting concerned, and if so payable, the amount thereof.