Hawaii Revised Statutes
245. Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law
245-57 Documentation of foreign cigarettes.

§245-57 Documentation of foreign cigarettes. On the first business day of each month, each licensee shall file the following documents with the department and the attorney general for all cigarettes imported into the United States to which the licensee or licensee's agent has affixed a cigarette tax stamp in the preceding month:
(1) A copy of a permit issued pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, Title 26 U.S.C. section 5713, to the person importing the cigarettes into the United States, permitting the person to import the cigarettes;
(2) A copy of the United States Customs Service form containing, with respect to the cigarettes, the internal revenue tax information required by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms;
(3) A statement, signed by the licensee under penalty of perjury, that shall be treated as confidential by the department and shall be exempt from disclosure under chapter 92F, identifying:
(A) The brand and brand styles of all cigarettes;
(B) The quantity of each brand style of the cigarettes;
(C) The supplier of the cigarettes; and
(D) The person or persons, if any, to whom the cigarettes have been conveyed for resale; and
(4) A statement, signed under penalty of perjury by an officer of the manufacturer or importer of the cigarettes, certifying that the manufacturer or importer has complied with:
(A) The package health warning and ingredient reporting requirements of the federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, Title 15 U.S.C. sections 1333 and 1335a, with respect to the cigarettes; and
(B) Chapter 675, including a statement of whether the manufacturer is or is not a participating manufacturer within the meaning of section 675-3. [L 2000, c 201, pt of §1]

Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes

Hawaii Revised Statutes

Title 14. Taxation

245. Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law

245-1 Definitions.

245-2 License.

245-2.5 Retail tobacco permit.

245-2.6 Unlawful tobacco retailing in the first degree. (a) Beginning March 1, 2007, a person or entity required to obtain a retail tobacco permit commits the offense of unlawful tobacco retailing in the first degree if the person or entity knowingly...

245-2.7 Unlawful tobacco retailing in the second degree. (a) Beginning March 1, 2007, a person or entity required to obtain a retail tobacco permit commits the offense of unlawful tobacco retailing in the second degree if the person or entity reckles...

245-3 Taxes.

245-4 REPEALED.

245-5 Returns.

245-6 Payment of taxes; penalties.

245-7 Determination of taxes; additional assessments, credits, and refunds.

245-8 Records to be kept.

245-9 Inspection.

245-10 Appeals.

245-11 Chapter 235 and chapter 237 applicable.

245-12 Investigations; contempts; fees.

245-13 Administration by director; rules and regulations.

245-14 REPEALED.

245-15 Disposition of revenues.

245-16 Unlawful shipment of cigarettes; penalty; reports; liability for unpaid taxes.

245-17 Delivery sales.

245-21 Payment of tax through use of stamps; exemptions.

245-22 Affixation; required prior to distribution; method and manner.

245-22.5 Prohibition against stamping or sale of cigarettes not listed in the directory pursuant to chapter 486P.

245-23 Department to furnish stamps; designs, specifications, and denominations.

245-24 Sales through financial institutions.

245-25 Purchase of stamps; when; by licensee or designee.

245-26 Price; payment; deferred payment purchases.

245-27 Maximum amount of deferred-payment purchases; bond.

245-28 Time for payment of deferred-payment purchases; manner of payment.

245-29 Suspension or reduction of privilege to purchase on deferred-payment basis.

245-30 Penalty for failure to make timely payment.

245-31 REPEALED.

245-32 Tax refund or credit for cigarettes and tobacco products shipped for sale or use outside the State.

245-33 Unused stamps; cancellation of stamps.

245-34 Approval of department required for transfer of stamps.

245-35 Unlicensed possession or use of stamps.

245-36 Counterfeiting stamps.

245-37 Sale or purchase of packages of cigarettes without stamps; fines and penalties.

245-38 Vending unstamped cigarettes.

245-39 Penalty exemptions; presumptions.

245-40 Forfeitures; disposition.

245-41 Enforcement; injunction; disposition of fines.

245-41.5 Cigarette tax stamp administrative special fund.

245-42 Rules.

245-51 Export and foreign cigarettes prohibited.

245-52 Alteration of packaging prohibited.

245-53 Criminal penalties for illegal sale of export or foreign cigarettes.

245-54 Confiscation and seizure of illegal export or foreign cigarettes.

245-55 Forfeiture.

245-56 Affixing of cigarette tax stamps to export cigarettes or altered packages prohibited.

245-57 Documentation of foreign cigarettes.

245-58 Illegal sale of export or foreign cigarettes; revocation or suspension of license; civil penalties.

245-59 Unfair trade practices.

245-60 Deceptive cigarette sales.

245-61 Enforcement.

245-62 Applicability.

245-63 Penalties cumulative.