If you’re planning a Hawaii vacation soon, expect a new tax coming your way. That's because Hawaii just became the first ...

Hawaii lawmakers are ready to hike a tax imposed on travelers staying in hotels, vacation rentals and other short-term accommodations and earmark the new money for programs to cope with a warming ...

A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new "green fee" that the governor signed into law today.

Governor Josh Green signed into law Senate Bill 1396, now Act 96 today making it the first of its kind in the nation and creates what’s being called a “Climate Impact Fee” also ...

A new bill has passed the Senate in The Aloha State to raise the tourist tax in an effort to "reduce climate change." Senate Bill 1396 aims to raise the tourist tax on Hawaii hotels to 11% ...

Hawaii lawmakers passed legislation that will increase the taxes on hotels, vacation rentals, and other short-term lodging by .75 percent. Officials estimate the tax increase will generate $100 ...

The new tax will be added to the existing 10.25% tax Hawaii imposes on short-term rentals, raising the total to 11%. In addition, counties in Hawaii charge a separate 3% lodging tax. Travelers ...

Hawaii lawmakers are set to increase tourist taxes and dedicate the money ... It would also impose a new tax of 11 percent on cruise ship cabins while in Hawaiian ports, something that has faced ...

Senate Bill 1396 aims to raise the tourist tax on Hawaii hotels to 11% starting Jan. 1 — which would then increase to 12% the following year, according to the text of the bill. Portions of the ...