GE Tax for Maui County to Increase to 4.5% on 1/1/2024

GE Tax for Maui County will increase to 4.5% (retail & services) effective January 1, 2024.  Please be prepared to update your tax charged to customers/clients/guests accordingly on January 1st.  

1. Retail & Services: The tax to charge customers/clients/guests for GE is 4.712%.  You will pay 4.5% on the gross income & taxes collected on your GE tax return.  
2. Wholesale & Subcontracting: The wholesale rate will remain at .5% with no increase.
3. Those of you with transient accommodations will now be passing on $17.962% (4.712% GE, 10.25% TAT, & 3% MCTAT).

More information on GE tax increase:  https://files.hawaii.gov/tax/news/announce/ann23-05.pdf