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                     FORM                                               STATE OF HAWAII — DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION                              THIS SPACE FOR DATE RECEIVED STAMP

                                                                        HAWAII GENERATION-SKIPPING 
   M-6GS(REV.              2020)                     TRANSFER TAX RETURN                                           
                                                                                   FOR CALENDAR YEAR 20_ _ 
                                                                        (For generation-skipping transfers after December 31, 2019) 
                                                                        READ INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE COMPLETING RETURN

                                                                   AMENDEDReturn      (Attach Sch AMD) 
                    Name (Skip person distributee or trust)                                                                         Social Security Number

                    Name and title of person filing return                                                                          Federal Employer Identification Number
                     
                    Mailing address of person filing return (Number and Street, including apartment number or rural route)
                     
  • PRINT OR TYPE • City, town or post office, State and Postal/ZIP code

                                          Type of federal Generation-Skipping Transfer (GST) Tax Return filed:     Form 706-GS(D)               Form 706-GS(T)
                                            1Enter the taxable amount from the federal Form 706-GS(D), line 5 or federal Form 706-GS(T), 
                                             Schedule A, line 6, that was filed for the transfer being reported on this form                    1
                                         2  If filing federal Form 706-GS(D), multiply line 1 by 2.25%.  If filing federal Form 706-GS(T), 
                                             multiply line 1 by the result of 2.25% multiplied by the inclusion ratio (from federal Form 
                                             706-GS(T), Schedule A, line 7)                                                                       2
                                         3  Total amount of taxable transfers subject to the Hawaii GST tax                                       3
                                         4  Total amount of taxable transfers subject to the federal GST tax                                      4
                                         5  Divide line 3 by line 4 (compute to three decimal places)                                             5
                                         6  Multiply line 2 by line 5 (round to the nearest dollar)                                               6
                                             Note: If any property is located in states other than Hawaii, complete lines 7 through 11, 
                                             otherwise go to line 13
                                         7  Enter the taxable amount subject to the GST tax imposed by 
                                             another state(s)                                                      7
                     COMPUTATION OF TAX  8  Enter the total amount of taxable transfers subject to the 
                                             federal GST tax                                                       8
                                         9  Divide line 7 by line 8 (compute to three decimal places)              9
                                         10  Multiply line 6 by line 9 (round to the nearest dollar)               10
                                          11  Enter the total GST taxes paid to another state(s)                   11
                                          12  Enter the lesser of line 10 or 11 (allowable credit for GST taxes paid to another state(s)          12
                                          13  Hawaii GST tax:  Line 6 minus line 12 or amount from line 6 if no entries in lines 7 through 11   13
 PENALTY                                  14  Penalty                                                                                             14
  AND 
INTEREST                                  15  Interest (From          to          )                                                               15
                                          16  Total tax, penalty, and interest (add lines 13, 14, and 15)                                         16
                                          17  Amount paid with extension                                                                          17
                     TAX                  18  Balance due or (refund) (line 16 minus line 17)                                                     18
                                          19  Amount paid                                                                                        19
                                                                                               DECLARATION
  I declare, under the penalties set forth in section 231-36, HRS, that this return (including accompanying schedules or statements) has been examined by me and, to the 
  best of my knowledge and belief, is a true, correct, and complete return, made in good faith, pursuant to the Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, Chapter 236E, 
  HRS.  Declaration of preparer is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge.
PLEASE 
  SIGN                                                                                                                                                
  HERE                                       Signature of Distributee, Trustee, or Authorized Representative                                               Date
                                              Preparer’s                                                          Preparer’s identification number      Check if  
                                         Signature and date 
  PAID                                        Print Preparer’s                                                                                          self-employed   
                                         Name                                                                        
PREPARER’S                               
 USE ONLY                               Firm’s name (or yours                                                                       Federal 
                                                                                                                                    E.I. No.  
                                        if self-employed),                                                                                               
                                        address, and Postal/Zip Code                                                    Phone No.  

                                             A COPY OF THE FEDERAL GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX RETURN MUST BE ATTACHED TO THIS RETURN
 M6GS_I 2020A 01 VID01                                                                         ID NO 01                                        FORM M-6GS (REV. 2020)



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FORM M-6GS 
(REV. 2020)                                                                                                                                            PAGE 2
                                               INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORM M-6GS
              (NOTE: References to “married” and “spouse” are also references to “in a civil union” and “civil union partner,” respectively.)
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS                                able; and (2) within the time specified by the auto-  (b) Penalty  for failure to pay after filing timely re-
                                                    matic extension, the return shall be filled, accom-   port is 20% of the tax unpaid within 60 days of the 
NOTE:  The Hawaii Estate and Generation-Skip-       panied by payment of the remaining tax liability.     prescribed due date.
ping Transfer Tax Law conforms to the Internal      If these conditions are not met, the delinquent       (c) Interest  at the rate of 2/3 of 1% per month or 
Revenue Code (IRC), with the exception of the       penalty and interest will be charged on the tax as    part of a month shall be assessed on unpaid tax-
excludable amount of $5,490,000. The exclusion      if no extension had been granted.                     es and penalties after the due date (nine months 
amount of $5,490,000 is set forth for the dece-
dent in chapter 11 of the IRC as amended as of      An extension of time to file is not an extension of   after the date of the decedent’s death), whether 
December 21, 2017, as if the decedent died on       time to pay the tax. Any request for an extension     or not that first calendar day falls on a Saturday, 
December 31, 2017.                                  of time to file Form M-6GS must be accompa-           Sunday, or legal holiday.
                                                    nied by payment of the tax. Interest will be owed     SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
NOTE:  For transfers before January 26, 2012,       on any additional amount of tax over the amount 
use Form M-6GS (Rev. 2010)                          paid with the extension to file.                      Name — Enter the name of the skip person dis-
                                                                                                          tributee or the trust.
NOTE:  References to the federal Generation         Where to File —The completed return is 
Skipping Transfer Tax means the tax as deter-       mailed to the Hawaii Department of  Taxation,         Social  Security  Number  —  For  skip person 
mined under federal law as it read on December      P. O. Box 259, Honolulu, HI  96809-0259.              distributees who are individuals, enter the dis-
31 of the year prior to the year that the transfer                                                        tributee’s social security number, otherwise leave 
being reported was made.                            Payment of Tax — Due date of payment is the           blank.
                                                    same as time for filing. However, any tax due but 
Purpose  of  Form  —  Section 236E-17, Hawaii       not paid by the due date will incur interest from     Federal Employer Identification Number 
Revised Statutes, provides for a state GST tax.     the due date, regardless of any extension of time     (FEIN) — Enter the FEIN of the trust distributee 
The tax is imposed on all generation-skipping       to file the return. For taxable distributions, the    or trust.
transfers of property in Hawaii or property from    GST tax is paid by the transferee; in the case of     Name and Title of Person Filing Return — If 
a resident trust. The tax is due on a GST (other    a taxable termination or a direct skip from a trust,  the skip person distributee is a trust, enter the 
than a direct skip) that occurs at the same time    the tax is paid by the trustee. For a direct skip     trustee’s name. If the skip person distributee is a 
as, or as a result of, the death of an individual.  other than a direct skip from a trust, the transferor minor or is under some disability that precludes 
Property subject to Hawaii GST tax includes all     is liable for paying the tax.                         the individual from filing the return, enter the 
real and personal property subject to the federal 
GST tax.                                            Amount Paid with Extension — Persons who              name of the person who is legally responsible for 
                                                    will be filing Form M-6GS after the filing dead-      conducting the affairs of the distributee, such as 
A credit is allowed for GST taxes paid to another   line (April 15th after the year of the decedent’s     a parent or guardian, also, include the title or re-
state. A GST is exempt from Hawaii’s GST tax if     death) because they have an extension, must           lationship to the distributee.
the GST is exempt from the GST tax imposed          make a tax payment prior to filing Form M-6GS         Address — Enter the mailing address of the per-
by another state.  The exemption must specifi-      by submitting a copy of the extension filed with      son filing the return.
cally reference Hawaii, or must contain a recip-    the IRS and payment for the taxes due.  Include 
rocal provision under which the transfers would     this amount on line 17.                               Type of Federal Return Filed — Check the ap-
otherwise be subject to the jurisdiction of that                                                          propriate box. Be sure to attach a complete true 
state. The amount of the tax due is credited with   Federal Form Requirement — A complete                 copy of the appropriate federal return to Form 
the lesser of (1) the amount of the tax paid to     true copy of the appropriate federal Generation-      M-6GS.
the other state; or (2) an amount computed by       Skipping Tax Return Form 706-GS(D)(Rev. June 
multiplying the Hawaii GST tax by a fraction, the   2019) or Form 706-GS(T)(Rev. November 2013)           Complete lines 7 through 11 ONLY if there is 
numerator of which is the taxable transfer subject  must be filed with this return. Complete federal      property located in states other than Hawaii.
to the GST tax paid to the other state, and the     Form 706-GS(D)(Rev. June 2019) through line           Line 7 — Enter the appropriate taxable amount:
denominator of which is the total amount of the     7, or federal Form 706-GS(T)(Rev. November 
taxable transfers subject to the federal GST tax.   2013) through line 10. The federal GST tax is to      A.   Resident, enter the taxable amount of the 
                                                    be determined under federal law as it read on De-     transferred or distributed property located out-
Who Must File —The Form M-6GS is filed by the       cember 31 of the year prior to the year that the      side of Hawaii subject to the GST tax imposed by 
person(s) responsible, or who would be respon-      transfer being reported was made.                     another state(s) (includes intangible and tangible 
sible, for filing the federal GST tax return.                                                             property with a situs outside Hawaii).
When to File — Form M-6GS must be filed by          Amended Return — An amended return must 
                                                    be filed for any changes to Form M-6GS. Check         B.   Nonresident, enter the taxable amount of the 
April 15th of the year following the calendar year  the box at the top of page 1 to indicate that it is   transferred or distributed property less the value 
of the decedent’s death. An automatic six-month     an amended return. Complete Form M-6GS with           of  any  interest  in  Hawaii  real  and  tangible  per-
extension to file the return will be granted if an  all of the corrected information and attach Sched-    sonal property located in Hawaii subject to the 
extension has been granted by the Internal Reve-    ule AMD, Explanation of Changes on Amended            GST tax imposed by another state(s). Include the 
nue Service (IRS). If the date for filing Form 706- Return, to the return. Also, attach all schedules,    amount of intangible property with a business si-
GS(D) or Form 706-GS(T) has been extended           forms, and attachments required to file a com-        tus in Hawaii. (Identify Hawaii property on federal 
by the IRS, Form M-6GS will be due on the date      plete return. Attach any federal Form 706-GS(D)       Form 706-GS(D) or 706-GS(T)).
that is specified by the IRS. An IRS-approved       (Rev. June 2019) or 706-GS(T)(Rev. November 
copy of federal Form 7004 must be submitted         2013) schedules affected by the corrections or        Line 8 — Enter the total amount of taxable trans-
with Form M-6GS. If a request for extension has     changes.                                              fers subject to the federal GST tax.
been denied by the IRS, there will be no penalty 
assessed if Form M-6GS is filed within the time     An amended return must be filed anytime Form          Line 11 — Enter the total of all GST taxes actu-
specified by the IRS. Attach a copy of federal      M-6GS needs  an adjustment. In the  case of           ally paid to any state other than Hawaii in respect 
Form 7004 showing the date on which the return      property located in states other than Hawaii, an      of any property subject to the GST tax.
may be filed without penalty.                       amended Form M-6GS must be filed when the             Line 12 — Compare lines 10 and 11 and enter 
                                                    tax paid to other states changes. Interest and/or     the lesser amount. This is the allowable credit for 
If you are not required to file the federal GST tax penalties paid to other states for delinquent tax     GST taxes paid to another state(s).
return, you must file Form M-68 for an automatic    payments cannot be included on line 11.
six-month extension. An automatic extension of                                                            Line 17 — Attach an approved copy of federal 
time for filing a return shall be allowed only upon Penalty and Interest —                                Form 7004.
the following two conditions: (1) on or before the 
due date of the return prescribed by the statute,   (a) Penalty for failure to file is equal to 5% of the Line 19 — Pay the amount shown. Attach a 
there shall have been paid, through a payment       tax due for each month or part of a month that the    check or money order payable to “Hawaii State 
accompanying the application for the extension,     report is delinquent, up to a maximum of 25% of       Tax Collector”; pay in U.S. dollars drawn on any 
an amount equal to the estimated GST tax pay-       the tax payable.                                      U.S. bank. Do not send cash.






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