// Preferential Rate
Canned salmon services
B&O Tax preferential rate · RCW 82.04.260(13) · enacted 2006
Details
- Citation
- RCW 82.04.260(13)
- Study reference
- E1022-1
- Tax type
- B&O Tax
- Preference type
- Preferential Rate
- Category
- Business
- Year enacted
- 2006
- End date
- None scheduled
Fiscal impact (2024 study estimates)
- Revenue if repealed — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
- Revenue if repealed — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0.264 · FY 2026: 0.3 · FY 2027: 0.315
- Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
- Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 0.277 · FY 2025: 0.288 · FY 2026: 0.3 · FY 2027: 0.315
CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose
From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study
82.04.260(13) - Canned salmon services Description Businesses that inspect, test, label, or store canned salmon owned by another business receive a preferential B&O tax rate of 0.484%, rather than the service and other activities rate of 1.5% or 1.75%. Purpose To provide tax relief for businesses that provide certain services for salmon canners. Taxpayer ($ in millions): savings FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 State Taxes $0.277 $0.288 $0.300 $0.315 Local Taxes $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 Repeal of Repealing this preference would increase revenues. exemption Potential ($ in millions): revenue gains FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 from full repeal State Taxes $0.000 $0.264 $0.300 $0.315 Local Taxes $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 Assumptions - This repeal takes effect July 1, 2024, and impacts 11 months of collections in fiscal year 2025. - Growth rate mirrors the service and other activities B&O taxable activity growth rate reflected in the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council's March 2023 forecast. Data Sources - Department of Revenue, Excise tax data - Economic and Revenue Forecast Council, March 2023 forecast Additional Additional Information Information Category: Business Year Ena
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