Family-run on Oʻahu · Founding list open now · First clients start August 2026

Hawaii rental taxes, filed for you every month. Guaranteed.

We handle GET, TAT, and county TAT for your rental, start to finish. You forward your statements, we file on time every time, and if a filing is ever late because of us, we pay the penalty.

Why this exists

Hawaii does rental taxes differently than everywhere else

In most states, Airbnb collects the taxes and you never think about it. Not here. Hawaii makes the owner register, collect, and file. Three separate taxes, two government portals, filings as often as every month. If mail from the state gives you a little jolt of dread, you're exactly who we built this for.

~4.5%

GET on every rental dollar

Hawaii's general excise tax applies to all rental income, including long-term rentals. Most mainland owners have never heard of it until the letter arrives.

11% + 3%

TAT on short-term stays

The state transient accommodations tax went up to 11% in January 2026, and every county adds about 3% on top. Short-term rentals get hit with all three taxes at once.

$0

Collected for you by Airbnb

Airbnb and VRBO don't register you, don't collect for you, and don't file for you in Hawaii. The state holds you, the owner, responsible for all of it.

What happens when it slips

  • Late filings grow at 5% per month, up to 25%, plus interest, and TAT unpaid 60+ days adds another 20%.
  • Unfiled GET returns have no statute of limitations. The state can reach back through every year you skipped.
  • On the Island of Hawaii, Bill 47 registration is mandatory by September 1, 2026, with fines up to $10,000. Registering requires tax licenses, which is how the state finds out about years that were never filed.

The fix

You forward statements. We do everything else.

We set up or clean up your tax accounts

New owner? We register your GET and TAT licenses and county registration. Behind on filings? We quote a flat-fee catch-up and bring you current.

Send us your statements

Forward your Airbnb or VRBO payout statements each month, or set them up to come to us automatically. That's all you have to do.

We compute, file, and confirm

All three taxes, every period, filed by the 20th. You get a confirmation for every filing, and the annual reconciliation is included.

The on-time guarantee

If a filing we handle is late because of us, we pay the penalty. Not you.

Here's how: software we built does the math, one of us personally checks and files every return, and a partner CPA reviews anything unusual. That's why we can make this promise.

And here's what it feels like once it's running: your statements forward themselves, a confirmation lands in your inbox each period, and mail from the state stops being scary.

Simple pricing

Flat rates. No hourly billing. No surprises.

Full pricing goes up at launch. Founding members lock in this rate for as long as they stay. All in for one property at the founding rate: $249 once, then $49 a month, everything included.

Founding rate

Monthly filing desk

$49/mo per property $59

  • GET, TAT, and county TAT, every period
  • Filed by the 20th, confirmation every time
  • Annual reconciliation included
  • Cancel anytime

Setup

$249 one-time

  • GET and TAT registration
  • County registration where required
  • Filing calendar configured for your property
  • Waived for founding members with 2+ properties

Catch-up filings

from $500 flat quote

  • For owners who are behind or never filed
  • Fixed price quoted up front, no hourly meter
  • Complex cases reviewed with our partner CPA

Who we are

A local family, not a mainland call center

We're a local family on Oʻahu, and this is our company. Kawika spent his career building quality-control systems for software, and he built the one that runs this service. The rest stays a family operation in the truest sense: when you email us, a person from this family answers, on Hawaii time.

We built this because staying square with Hawaii's rental taxes shouldn't require a CPA or a panic attack. Honest owners deserve an easy way to do it right.

Kawika, co-founder of Hawaii Rental Tax

Questions

The things owners always ask

Doesn't Airbnb collect Hawaii taxes for me?

No. Unlike most states, Airbnb and VRBO don't collect or file Hawaii GET or TAT for hosts. Hawaii puts all of it on the owner: registering, collecting, and filing. It surprises almost everyone.

I only have a long-term rental. Do I still owe Hawaii taxes?

Yes. Hawaii's general excise tax applies to long-term rental income too, about 4.5% on Oʻahu. Long-term rentals are exempt from TAT, but GET filings are still required. Here's the plain-English explainer.

I have never filed. How much trouble am I in?

The honest answer: it grows the longer you wait. Unfiled GET returns have no statute of limitations, and penalties build at 5% per month up to 25%. The fix is a catch-up filing that brings you current, quoted flat so there are no surprises. Start with the catch-up checklist.

Are you a CPA firm?

No, and we're upfront about that. We're a filing service built on our own software. It does the calculations, one of us checks and files every return, and a partner CPA reviews the complicated stuff. We prepare and file returns; we don't give tax or legal advice.

Will you replace my accountant?

No. GET and TAT are separate state filings that most income-tax preparers don't touch month to month, and that's the slice we handle. Your income taxes stay with whoever does them now, and at tax time we hand over clean records of everything we filed for you.

What is Hawaii County Bill 47?

Bill 47 makes short-term rental registration mandatory on the Island of Hawaii, deadline September 1, 2026, with fines up to $10,000. Registering requires state tax licenses, which is how many owners are discovering they were supposed to be filing all along. Our checklist walks through it.

When do you launch, and what does founding member mean?

We start taking founding clients in August 2026. Founding members lock in $49 per property per month before the rate moves to $59, and they're first in line ahead of the September 1 registration deadline.