Hawaii Extends Tax Payment, Filing Deadlines Amid COVID-19

Hawaii will follow the Internal Revenue Service's extension and provide state taxpayers a three-month extension to file and pay state income tax in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the state tax department has announced.

The Hawaii Department of Taxation announced Monday that it will extend the deadline to file and pay state income tax to from April 20 to July 20. The extension applies only to returns and payments for the 2019 tax year and does not apply to estimated tax payments for the 2020 tax year, a department statement said.

Interest and penalties will begin accruing on July 21 for any tax not paid by July 20, according to the statement. The deadline extension is not applicable to Hawaii's withholding tax, franchise tax, public service company tax, general excise tax, transient accommodations tax, estate tax or any other tax not explicitly mentioned, the department said.

The Internal Revenue Service recently extended the deadline to file and pay federal income tax to July 15 from April 15.

--Editing by Neil Cohen.

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