Avenues of Appeal
The taxpayer has the option to appeal to the Board of Review of the City and County of Honolulu or to the Tax Appeal Court of the State of Hawaii.
You may appeal to the Board of Review of the City and County of Honolulu by submitting a completed appeal form (BFS-RPA-M-8-12) with the required deposit amount at one of the following locations:
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Tel: (808) 768-3799
1000 Uluohia Street, #206
Kapolei, Hawaii 96707
Tel: (808) 768-3799
Appeal to the Board of Review
Taxpayer Information - Board of Review
Appeals from real property assessments made by the City & County of Honolulu's Real Property Assessment Division are provided for in ROH Article 8-12.
The City is required by ordinance to assess all real property in its entirety (ROH§E-6.3(a)). This means that the City assesses all properties on their fee simple
A taxpayer who files an appeal is obliged to present sufficient evidence to the Board of Review in support of the appeal at the scheduled hearing. The law provides that the assessment made by the Director of Budget and Fiscal Services is presumed to be correct. This means that every person who appeals must prove that the assessed value made by the director is incorrect. Unless sufficient evidence is presented, the board must decide in favor of the Director's assessment.
While sales of similar properties are examples of evidence, sales transactions between relatives, close friends, and persons with close business relationships are usually not considered as sufficient evidence. The fact that a nearby property is assessed lower than that of the property under appeal is not sufficient evidence in and of itself for the Board to lower an assessment. Taxpayers' support may be in the form of providing the Board with sales of properties that are similar, in terms of land area,
Assessment personnel of the Real Property Assessment Division