By duly promulgated regulations the department of taxation may require that any individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, association, insurance company, or other person, being a resident or having a place of business in this State, in whatever capacity acting, including lessees or mortgagors of real and personal property, fiduciaries, employers, and all officers and employees of the State or of any political subdivision thereof, having the control, receipt, custody, disposal, or payment of any annuity or interest on deposits or funds held in trust, including taxable income from endowment policies, other interest (except interest coupons payable to bearer), dividends, wages, rentals, royalties, premiums, or other emoluments, gains, profits, and income, paid or payable during any year to any person, shall, on such date or dates as the department shall from time to time designate, make a return to the department furnishing the information required by the regulations.
HRS § 235-96