LONG-TERM RENTAL: Rented for 60 consecutive days or more.
Information to be provided and kept current with the PHCA office:
 

1. Hawai’i General Excise Tax (GET) number

2. Tenant contact information

3. Property management contact information, if applicable

SHORT-TERM RENTAL: Rented for less than 60 consecutive days.
Information to be provided and kept current with the PHCA office:

1. Hawai’i General Excise Tax (GET) number

2. Property management contact information

3. Location in the unit of the PHCA Poster which must be placed in a conspicuous location. Click here for a pdf of the PHCA poster or click here for a Word-format version if you wish to add information. For condo properties, feel free to adjust the parking and trash information as appropriate.

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PHCA Community Rules Article II, Section 1C:
The registration information is required to be kept current with the PHCA office. Failure to do so will result in a $500 fine being charged to your account. To register your vacation rental, click here.

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The State of Hawaiʻi requires that all transient accommodations (vacation rentals) comply with the following:

1. Rentals have a State Business License (BB-1), have a General Excise Tax (GET) number, and Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT) License from the Department of Taxation.

2. All advertisements include the Transient Accommodation (TA) registration number. 

3. Must have an on-island contact. If you manage the property yourself, you must have an on-island contact and the contact's name, phone number, and email must be either on the advertisement or provided to an occupant prior to occupying the unit. If you have a property manager, that person must be a licensed broker/realtor on Kauai (with an office) to manage multiple owners' properties. 

4. On-island contact's information must also be conspicuously posted at the property as well as your TA registration. 

Note: This is not a complete list of State of Hawaiʻi requirements. For more information click here.