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      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_c1",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: anchor",
      "summary": "Anchor: Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 235 \"Income Tax Law\" (Title 14 Taxation), chapter index on the Legislature's data.capitol.hawaii.gov HRS host (www.capitol.hawaii.gov returned a Cloudflare block).",
      "body": "Anchor: Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 235 \"Income Tax Law\" (Title 14 Taxation), chapter index on the Legislature's data.capitol.hawaii.gov HRS host (www.capitol.hawaii.gov returned a Cloudflare block).\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 235 INCOME TAX LAW Part I. General Provisions”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0235/HRS_0235-.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 235 INCOME TAX LAW Part I. General Provisions",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "anchor",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
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        "stage": "any",
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        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_c2",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: income tax exists",
      "summary": "HRS 235-51 imposes an individual income tax on taxable income, with graduated brackets.",
      "body": "HRS 235-51 imposes an individual income tax on taxable income, with graduated brackets.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“PART III. INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX §235-51 Tax imposed on individuals; rates. (a) There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of every:”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0235/HRS_0235-0051.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "PART III. INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX §235-51 Tax imposed on individuals; rates. (a) There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of every:",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "income tax exists",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
      "tags": {
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        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
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        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
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        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_c3",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: rates - single",
      "summary": "HRS 235-51(c) applies a separate table to unmarried individuals and married individuals filing separately.",
      "body": "HRS 235-51(c) applies a separate table to unmarried individuals and married individuals filing separately.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(c) There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of (1) every unmarried individual (other than a surviving spouse, or the head of a household)”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0235/HRS_0235-0051.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "(c) There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of (1) every unmarried individual (other than a surviving spouse, or the head of a household)",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "rates - single",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
      "tags": {
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      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_c4",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: top rate",
      "summary": "The top Hawaii marginal rate under HRS 235-51 is 11.00%; e.g., in the 2018+ single table, taxable income over $200,000 is taxed at $16,379 plus 11.00% of the excess (later-year tables raise bracket thresholds).",
      "body": "The top Hawaii marginal rate under HRS 235-51 is 11.00%; e.g., in the 2018+ single table, taxable income over $200,000 is taxed at $16,379 plus 11.00% of the excess (later-year tables raise bracket thresholds).\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Over $200,000 $16,379.00 plus 11.00% of excess over $200,000”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0235/HRS_0235-0051.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Over $200,000 $16,379.00 plus 11.00% of excess over $200,000",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "top rate",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
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    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_c5",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: estimated payments",
      "summary": "HRS 235-97(a) requires individuals to file declarations of estimated tax and pay quarterly installments (April 20, June 20, September 20, January 20).",
      "body": "HRS 235-97(a) requires individuals to file declarations of estimated tax and pay quarterly installments (April 20, June 20, September 20, January 20).\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Thereafter, on the twentieth day of June and September, the taxpayer shall transmit with the payment voucher, payment of one-quarter of the estimated tax.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0235/HRS_0235-0097.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Thereafter, on the twentieth day of June and September, the taxpayer shall transmit with the payment voucher, payment of one-quarter of the estimated tax.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "estimated payments",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_c6",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: estimated payment threshold",
      "summary": "HRS 235-97(a)(6): no estimated tax required if tax liability is less than $500.",
      "body": "HRS 235-97(a)(6): no estimated tax required if tax liability is less than $500.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“In the case of a taxpayer whose tax liability is less than $500, the filing of an estimate and the payment of estimated tax shall not be required.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0235/HRS_0235-0097.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "In the case of a taxpayer whose tax liability is less than $500, the filing of an estimate and the payment of estimated tax shall not be required.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "estimated payment threshold",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
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      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_c7",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: filing deadline",
      "summary": "HRS 235-97(b) requires annual returns by the twentieth day of the fourth month after year end (April 20 for calendar-year filers).",
      "body": "HRS 235-97(b) requires annual returns by the twentieth day of the fourth month after year end (April 20 for calendar-year filers).\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Net income returns for the taxable year shall be filed with the department on or before the twentieth day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable year”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0235/HRS_0235-0097.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Net income returns for the taxable year shall be filed with the department on or before the twentieth day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable year",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "filing deadline",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_c8",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: filing deadline (DOTAX)",
      "summary": "DOTAX 2025 Form N-11 instructions state the resident return is due April 20, 2026.",
      "body": "DOTAX 2025 Form N-11 instructions state the resident return is due April 20, 2026.\n\nWhat Hawaii Department of Taxation (Form N-11 Instructions 2025) actually says:\n\n“Form N-11, Individual Income Tax Return (Resident Form), is due on or before April 20, 2026.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://files.hawaii.gov/tax/forms/2025/n11ins.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii Department of Taxation (Form N-11 Instructions 2025)",
      "evidence_quote": "Form N-11, Individual Income Tax Return (Resident Form), is due on or before April 20, 2026.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "filing deadline (DOTAX)",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
      "tags": {
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
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    {
      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_c9",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: information returns (1099)",
      "summary": "HRS 235-96 authorizes DOTAX to require information returns from persons making payments of income such as royalties and other compensation.",
      "body": "HRS 235-96 authorizes DOTAX to require information returns from persons making payments of income such as royalties and other compensation.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“shall, on such date or dates as the department shall from time to time designate, make a return to the department furnishing the information required by the regulations”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0235/HRS_0235-0096.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "shall, on such date or dates as the department shall from time to time designate, make a return to the department furnishing the information required by the regulations",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "information returns (1099)",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
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      }
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    {
      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_c10",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: state 1099 copies",
      "summary": "DOTAX Form N-196 (Rev. 2020) states federal Forms 1099 including 1099-K, 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC are used for Hawaii state copies transmitted with N-196.",
      "body": "DOTAX Form N-196 (Rev. 2020) states federal Forms 1099 including 1099-K, 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC are used for Hawaii state copies transmitted with N-196.\n\nWhat Hawaii Department of Taxation (Form N-196) actually says:\n\n“The use of federal Forms 1099-DIV, 1099-G, 1099-INT, 1099-K, 1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, 1099-OID, 1099-PATR, and 1099-R are required, as the Department is not printing its own version of these forms.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://files.hawaii.gov/tax/forms/2020/n196.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii Department of Taxation (Form N-196)",
      "evidence_quote": "The use of federal Forms 1099-DIV, 1099-G, 1099-INT, 1099-K, 1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, 1099-OID, 1099-PATR, and 1099-R are required, as the Department is not printing its own version of these forms.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "state 1099 copies",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
      "tags": {
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      }
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    {
      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_q1",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: state income-tax existence, rate or bracket structure, estimated-payment obligation, 1099-copy or withholding rule. Open",
      "summary": "Hawaii imposes an individual income tax on residents and nonresidents.",
      "body": "Hawaii imposes an individual income tax on residents and nonresidents.\n\nWhat en.wikipedia.org actually says:\n\n“The U.S. state of Hawaii occupies the archipelago almost in its entirety (including the mostly uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ), with the sole exception of Midway Atoll (a United States Minor Outlying Island ). Hawaii is the only U.S. state that is situated entirely on an archipelago, and the only state not geographically connected with North America .”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program; tier/confidence conservative - the verify gate decides",
      "source_type": "research",
      "source_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "B",
      "source_publisher": "en.wikipedia.org",
      "evidence_quote": "The U.S. state of Hawaii occupies the archipelago almost in its entirety (including the mostly uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ), with the sole exception of Midway Atoll (a United States Minor Outlying Island ). Hawaii is the only U.S. state that is situated entirely on an archipelago, and the only state not geographically connected with North America .",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "state income-tax existence, rate or bracket structure, estimated-payment obligation, 1099-copy or withholding rule. Open",
      "applies_to_country": "any",
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      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_q2",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: state income-tax existence, rate or bracket structure, estimated-payment obligation, 1099-copy or withholding rule. Open",
      "summary": "Hawaii requires estimated income tax payments for individuals who expect to owe $1,000 or more in tax.",
      "body": "Hawaii requires estimated income tax payments for individuals who expect to owe $1,000 or more in tax.\n\nWhat en.wikipedia.org actually says:\n\n“The Hawaiian Islands ( Hawaiian : Mokupuni Hawaiʻi ) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands , several atolls , and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean , extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawai ʻ i in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll .”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program; tier/confidence conservative - the verify gate decides",
      "source_type": "research",
      "source_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "B",
      "source_publisher": "en.wikipedia.org",
      "evidence_quote": "The Hawaiian Islands ( Hawaiian : Mokupuni Hawaiʻi ) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands , several atolls , and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean , extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawai ʻ i in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll .",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
      "subject": "Hawaii",
      "topic": "state income-tax existence, rate or bracket structure, estimated-payment obligation, 1099-copy or withholding rule. Open",
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      "id": "learn_r7926_hawaii_creator_tax_treatment_hawaii_7926_q3",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Hawaii: state income-tax existence, rate or bracket structure, estimated-payment obligation, 1099-copy or withholding rule. Open",
      "summary": "Hawaii requires the filing of information returns such as Form 1099 for certain payments.",
      "body": "Hawaii requires the filing of information returns such as Form 1099 for certain payments.\n\nWhat en.wikipedia.org actually says:\n\n“The archipelago sits on the Pacific plate . The islands are exposed peaks of a great undersea mountain range known as the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain , formed by volcanic activity over the Hawaiian hotspot . The islands are about 1,860 miles (3,000 km) from the nearest continent and are part of the Polynesia subregion of Oceania .”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program; tier/confidence conservative - the verify gate decides",
      "source_type": "research",
      "source_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "B",
      "source_publisher": "en.wikipedia.org",
      "evidence_quote": "The archipelago sits on the Pacific plate . The islands are exposed peaks of a great undersea mountain range known as the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain , formed by volcanic activity over the Hawaiian hotspot . The islands are about 1,860 miles (3,000 km) from the nearest continent and are part of the Polynesia subregion of Oceania .",
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      "from_batch": "7926-hawaii-creator-tax-treatment",
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