Hawaii has a state income tax, so tax time here means two returns — your federal return and your Hawaii return. Compass Tax Center handles both, personally, year-round, and 100% virtually. From Oahu to the neighbor islands, we're a secure upload and a phone call away.
A federal return and a Hawaii return, prepared together so they agree and you claim every credit you're owed. Hawaii's rates run high and it uses a General Excise Tax rather than a normal sales tax — details we handle so nothing catches you off guard.
Two returns instead of one means more places to save and more places to slip up. We handle the whole picture, federal and state, and we're here after April, too.
Instead of a sales tax, Hawaii charges a General Excise Tax on business receipts — a lower headline rate that applies very broadly, including to services and rentals, and usually gets passed on to customers. Hawaii's income tax is also graduated and tops out at 11%, among the highest in the country, though it's kind to retirees by exempting Social Security and most pensions.
If you're self-employed or rent to visitors, the GET matters. We handle it alongside your income-tax returns and make sure retirees get the pension breaks Hawaii allows.
Hawaii's income tax gets the attention, but its General Excise Tax works unlike a normal sales tax. If any of these are you, they're firmly in our wheelhouse.
You don't need a tax office down the road — you need the right person handling both your returns. Everything we do is secure and fully virtual, so working with us is exactly as easy from Hilo as it is from Honolulu. And since we serve all 50 states, if life moves you off the islands, your tax help doesn't have to change.
Start now or book a free consultation. We're here year-round — for tax season and everything after it.