HI · 4.5% ON ALL GROSS

Hawaii General Excise Tax (GET) Calculator

Hawaii's GET is NOT a sales tax, it's a gross receipts tax that applies to virtually all business activity, including SERVICES and B2B sales. State rate 4.0% + 0.5% county surcharge in Honolulu/Maui/Hawaii County = 4.5% combined typical.

Your Hawaii business

Annual gross receipts (all sources)

County

Business type

GET applies to all of these, unlike sales tax which exempts most services.

GET owed

Annual GET

Tax pyramiding warning. GET applies to wholesale + retail + services in the same supply chain, the same dollar can be taxed multiple times as it moves between businesses. Build GET into your pricing.