HRS § 235-19 — Exceptional trees; tax deduction


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[§235-19] Exceptional trees; tax deduction.
(a) Subject to subsection (b), there shall be allowed as a deduction from
gross income the amount, not to exceed $3,000 per exceptional tree, for amounts
paid, excluding interest paid or accrued thereon, during the taxable year by an
individual taxpayer for expenditures to maintain, on the taxpayer's real
property, each exceptional tree that has been designated by the county arborist
advisory committee under chapter 58 as an exceptional tree.
(b) No deduction shall be allowed to exceed
the amount of expenditures deemed reasonably necessary by a certified
arborist. No deduction shall be allowed in more than one taxable year out of
every three consecutive taxable years.
(c) The director of taxation shall prepare
such forms as may be necessary to claim a tax deduction under this section, may
require proof of the claim for the tax deduction, including an affidavit signed
by the certified arborist, and may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91.
(d) For the purpose of this section, the term
"exceptional tree" shall have the same meaning as defined in section
58-3.