Hawaii: rules and deadlines at a glance

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Medicaid long-term care · Small estate limits · Will and trust rules · Estate and inheritance tax · Common law marriage · Property tax rates · Medicaid expansion · Inheritance tax · Social Security tax

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Medicaid long-term care

Home equity limit	$1,130,000
Look-back	60 months (5 years)

Small estate limits Single detailed source

Small estate limit	$100,000
Wait after death	None
Real estate	No

Will and trust rules Single detailed source

Witnesses	2
Handwritten will	Valid if the signature and material parts are in your handwriting
Uniform Trust Code	Yes

Estate and inheritance tax

Estate tax	Yes: estates over $5,490,000, taxed at 10%-20%
Inheritance tax	No inheritance tax

Common law marriage

New ones allowed?	No
Status	Never allowed

Property tax rates

Effective rate	0.29%
On a $300,000 home	$870 a year

Medicaid expansion Single detailed source

Expanded?	Yes
Since	Jan. 1, 2014

Inheritance tax

Inheritance tax?	No
Sibling pays	No inheritance tax

Social Security tax

State taxes benefits?	No