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February 20, 2019 <br />Page 2 <br />more than one county, the director shall determine, through apportionment or other means, that <br />portion of the surcharge on transient accommodations tax attributable to business conducted in each <br />county." <br />This change may have been made because we raised concerns over a different section of the bill: <br />"(f) The taxpayer shall designate the taxation district to which the county surcharge on transient <br />accommodations tax is assigned in accordance with rules adopted by the director of taxation under <br />chapter 91. The taxpayer shall file a schedule with the taxpayer's periodic and annual transient <br />accommodations tax returns summarizing the amount of taxes assigned to each taxation district." <br />I apologize if we created confusion, but this will become an important issue if counties adopt different <br />rates for their surcharge (or no surcharge at all). <br />Second, we have not been able to calculate how much revenue would be generated if a new County <br />TAT surcharge were imposed, but we believe that revenue from this Island would probably not match up well <br />when compared to other counties. Therefore we would ask that a high cap be considered as this bill makes its <br />way through the legislative process. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />Harry Kim <br />MAYOR <br />County of Hawai' i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />