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Revenue taxes - HECO (Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Subsidiaries) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Subsidiaries |
Revenue taxes |
3 · Revenue taxes HECO and its subsidiaries’ operating revenues include amounts for various Hawaii state revenue taxes. Revenue taxes are generally recorded as an expense in the period the related revenues are recognized. However, HECO and its subsidiaries’ revenue tax payments to the taxing authorities in the period are based on the prior year’s billed revenues (in the case of public service company taxes and PUC fees) or on the current year’s cash collections from electric sales (in the case of franchise taxes). For the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, HECO and its subsidiaries included approximately $140 million and $121 million, respectively, of revenue taxes in “operating revenues” and in “taxes, other than income taxes” expense.

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