If you own a home and have spoken to a CPA about it, you may have heard the term "depreciation recapture". What is it and why is it...

For decades, out-of-state investors have enjoyed the Hawaii real estate market. There is a very large pool of potential renters in...

At HARPTA.com, we have helped hundreds of clients with HARPTA related tax issues. The goal we always strive for is to get as large a...

The HARPTA process can sometimes be confusing, so I created this flowchart to make it a little easier for home sellers to understand it a...

Although I'm not a real estate agent, most of my clients are, and I've heard about reactions their clients (nonresident home sellers)...

Hawaii has the reputation of being a "tax hell". Sometimes it's deserved. We have a relatively high income tax rates, and the upper...

Ouch! What was already considered by many to be an unfair burden at 5% is now increasing to 7.25% starting on September 16, 2018. This...

Sometimes I hear stories from people who have tried to get a HARPTA waiver or refund by doing it themselves. Or they tried working with a...