Hawaii

Last Updated August 11, 2017

State Tax Guidelines

Hawaii Department of Taxation – Withholding Tax

Agency Information

Add to existing company setup

Submit a request to your service team to add HI (withholding) to your company setup. Please include the below with your request:

  • Withholding – Deposit Frequency and Account number.  If you’re unsure of your deposit frequency or account number, you can call the agency at 800-222-3229.
  • Power of Attorney- POA is required, please obtain the prefilled form from your client service representative.

Register a new company

The combined registration wizard can be used at https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/BizEx/home.eb. When registering online, the withholding account registration process will take 2-3 days.  For unemployment insurance, you should receive your account number and rate within 2 weeks.

Power of Attorney 

Power of Attorney is required, please obtain the prefilled form from your client service representative.

Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations – Unemployment tax

Agency Information

Add to existing company setup

Submit a request to your service team to add HISUI (unemployment) to your company setup. Please include the below with your request:

  • Unemployment – Tax rate and Account number.  This can be found on a Tax Rate Notice or the Quarterly contribution report.  If you’re unsure of your tax rate or account number, you can call the agency at 808-586-8915.

Register a new company

The combined registration wizard can be used at https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/BizEx/home.eb. When registering online, the withholding account registration process will take 2-3 days.  For unemployment insurance, you should receive your account number and rate within 2 weeks.