Preferential Rate

Chemical dependency treatment

B&O Tax preferential rate · RCW 82.04.2906 · enacted 2003

All exemptions & deductions

Details

Citation
RCW 82.04.2906
Study reference
E1038-1
Tax type
B&O Tax
Preference type
Preferential Rate
Category
Business
Year enacted
2003
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Revenue if repealed — local ($M)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Revenue if repealed — state ($M)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: 0.84 · FY 2026: 0.97 · FY 2027: 1.04
Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
FY 2024: 0.86 · FY 2025: 0.92 · FY 2026: 0.97 · FY 2027: 1.04

CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose

From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study

PDF RCW 82.04.2906 Tax on certain chemical dependency services. (Effective until January 1, 2027.) (1) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of providing intensive inpatient or recovery house residential treatment services for chemical dependency, certified by the department of social and health services, for which payment from the United States or any instrumentality thereof or from the state of Washington or any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof is received as compensation for or to support those services; as to such persons the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross income from such services multiplied by the rate of 0.484 percent. (2) If the persons described in subsection (1) of this section receive income from sources other than those described in subsection (1) of this section or provide services other than those named in subsection (1) of this section, that income and those services are subject to tax as otherwise provided in this chapter. [ 2003 c 343 s 1 .]

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