§238-5 Returns. (a) On or before the twentieth day of each calendar month, any person who has become liable for the payment of a tax under this chapter during the preceding calendar month in respect of any property, services, or contracting, or the use thereof, shall file a return with the assessor of the taxation district in which the property was held or the services or contracting were received when the tax first became payable, or with the director of taxation at Honolulu, setting forth a description of the property, services, or contracting and the character and quantity thereof in sufficient detail to identify the same or otherwise in such reasonable detail as the director by rule shall require, and the purchase price or value thereof as the case may be. The return shall be accompanied by a remittance in full of the tax, computed at the rate specified in section 238-2 or 238-2.3 upon the price or value so returned. Any tax remaining unpaid after the twentieth day following the end of the calendar month during which the tax first became payable shall become delinquent; provided that a receipt from a seller required or authorized to collect the tax, given to a taxpayer in accordance with section 238-6, shall be sufficient to relieve the taxpayer from further liability for the tax to which the receipt may refer, or for the return thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a taxpayer may be eligible to file the taxpayer's return required under this section and make payments thereon on a quarterly or semiannual basis during the calendar or fiscal year, the return and payment to be made on or before the twentieth day of the calendar month after the close of each quarter or semiannual period, to wit:
(1) For calendar year taxpayers filing on a quarterly basis, on or before April 20, July 20, October 20, and January 20;
(2) For calendar year taxpayers filing on a semiannual basis, on or before July 20, and January 20;
(3) For fiscal year taxpayers filing on a quarterly basis, on or before the twentieth day of the fourth month, seventh month, and tenth month following the beginning of the fiscal year and on or before the twentieth day of the month following the close of the fiscal year; or
(4) For fiscal year taxpayers filing on a semiannual basis, on or before the twentieth day of the seventh month following the beginning of the fiscal year and on or before the twentieth day of the month following the close of the fiscal year;
if the taxpayer possesses a valid and current permit to file the taxpayer's general excise tax return and to make payments thereon on a quarterly or semiannual basis issued by the director pursuant to section 237-30. A taxpayer may also be eligible to make monthly payments based on the taxpayer's estimated quarterly or semiannual liability with a reconciliation return at the end of each quarter or semiannual period during the calendar or fiscal year, as heretofore provided, if the taxpayer possesses a valid and current permit to file quarterly or semiannual reconciliation general excise tax returns and to make monthly payments, issued by the director pursuant to section 237-30.
(c) On or before the twentieth day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable year, every person who has become liable for the payment of taxes both under this chapter and also under chapter 237 during the preceding calendar or fiscal year shall file a return summarizing the person's liability under this chapter for the taxable year, in such form as the director shall prescribe and shall file it with the person's annual return of general excise taxes. [L 1965, c 155, pt of §2; Supp, §119-5; am L 1966, c 19, §2; am L 1967, c 37, §1; HRS §238-5; am L 1981, c 137, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1993, c 39, §3; am L 1999, c 70, §6; am L 2000, c 198, §11; am L 2010, c 22, §3]