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Hawaii holidays could get extra dear with new Honolulu lodge tax
HONOLULU — Honolulu has come to be the most popular Hawaii county to undertake its very personal lodge tax following Mayor Rick Blangiardi signed laws incorporating a 3% surcharge to the state’s levy on shorter-phrase leases. Officers estimate the brand new tax, paid for by firm remaining at lodging this sort of as resorts and Airbnbs, might create about $86 million a yr for Oahu, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The surcharge can be imposed on main of the state’s 10.25% tax on gross rental proceeds from motels, getaway leases, timeshares and different transient lodging. Honolulu choices to allocate 58% of the tax’s income to the widespread fund, about 33% to rail and…