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Hawaii Department of Taxation
Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Withholding Requirements:
- Register as an employer by filing Form GEW-TA-RV-3 or register online by clicking here
- Employee's Withholding Allowance and Status Certificate - HW-4
- Withholding Method = formula
- Supplemental Rate = Add to regular wages for current or preceding payroll period, compute tax on total, and subtract tax withheld from regular wages.
Local Taxes:
None
State Tax Unemployment Insurance (SUI):
Contribution rate Schedule D
Wage base is $34,200 for 2011
Rates range from 1.22% to 5.42%
New employers use 3.0%
Rates do not include additional employment and training fund assessment/interest payment assessment of 0.02%
State Disability Insurance (SDI):
Wage Base is $903.28 and maximum employee withholding is $4.52 for 2012.
Rate is 0.50% of wages
State Labor Laws:
Minimum Wage - $7.25 per hour
Termination Pay - Fired - at once, or next day if conditions prevent immediate payment. Quit - next regular payday or immediately if employee gave one pay period's notice.
New Hire Reporting:
Employers must report hiring, rehiring, and return to work within 20 days on Form UC-BP-5(A) (Report of New Hires) to:
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
PO Box 1200
Unemployment Insurance Division
Honolulu, HI 96807-1200
808-587-3097
Remit Withholding for Child Support to:
Child Support Enforcement Agency
Department of the Attorney General
PO Box 1860
Honolulu, HI 96805-1860
808-587-3695
To report online, click here
Reciprocal States:
None
For paycheck calculation visit the Hawaii Paycheck Calculator of PaycheckCity.
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