HAR §18-242-1
HAR §18-242-1. F
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 18-242-1
H.A. and V.A. mortgage loans. (a) Scope. Chapter 242, HRS, excludes the
following from the determination of state taxes: All income from mortgage loans which are made on or after June 3,
1957 and prior to June 3, 1963, and which are guaranteed or insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the
Veterans Administration. To qualify for this exclusion the income must be earned or received by a lender making
such loans in the State.
(1)
If the loan was made by such lender prior to June 3, 1957 the exclusion does not apply even
though the loan was guaranteed or insured on or after June 3, 1957.
(2)
The state taxes affected by chapter 242, HRS, are the Income Tax Law, chapter 235, HRS,
General Excise Tax Law, chapter 237, HRS, Public Service Company Tax Law, chapter 239,
HRS, and Taxation of Banks and Other Financial Corporations, chapter 241, HRS.
(b)
Deductions to be allocated according to source of income. Bad debts and losses deductible, if any,
under the applicable tax law shall be allocated to the particular source of income involved. Deductions of all bad debts
and losses attributable to or connected with the income excluded pursuant to chapter 242, HRS, are disallowed.
(c)
Deductions to be apportioned according to source of income.
(1)
Deductions of taxpayers who exclude income pursuant to HRS §242-1, other than bad
debts or losses as set forth in §18-242-1(b), shall be apportioned to disallow any amount
attributable to or connected with excluded income. The deductions that shall be apportioned
include the following: expenses, interest, taxes, contributions or gifts, depreciation, and
amounts contributed under employees’ benefit plans to the extent they are deductible
under the applicable tax law, and the return or dividends of building and loan associations
deductible under section 591 of the Internal Revenue Code as adopted by chapter 235, HRS.
The taxes that shall be apportioned include federal and state income taxes, to the extent that
they are deductible under the applicable tax law. Deductible amounts of gains or dividends
or interest derived or received shall not be apportioned.
(2)
The method of apportioning the disallowed deductions to the income excluded by chapter
242, HRS, is as follows:
(A) Determine the ratio of the income excluded by chapter 242, HRS, to the gores income
determined under the applicable tax law. The gross income in the denominator shall
include the income excluded by chapter 242, HRS, and any dividends or interest
derived or received that is excludable or deductible under the applicable tax law. The
income excluded by chapter 242, HRS, is the net amount in excess of the bad debts
and losses allocated pursuant to §18-242-1(b), less however, any amount of capital
gain that is excludable or deductible under the applicable tax law.
§18-242-1
MORTGAGE LOAN EXEMPTION
242- 2 (Unofficial Compilation as of 12/31/2025)
(B)
Apply this ratio to the total amount of deductions (other than bad debts and losses
allocated pursuant to subsection (b)) computed under the applicable tax law involved
without regard to this subsection (c). [Eff 2/16/82](Auth: HRS §§231-3(9), 242-1)
(Imp: HRS §242-1)