// Deduction
Municipal sewer service payments
B&O Tax deduction · RCW 82.04.432 · enacted 1967
Details
- Citation
- RCW 82.04.432
- Study reference
- E1138-1
- Tax type
- B&O Tax
- Preference type
- Deduction
- Category
- Government
- Year enacted
- 1967
- 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- Revenue if repealed — local ($M)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- Revenue if repealed — state ($M)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: 2.49 · FY 2026: 2.81 · FY 2027: 2.91
- Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
- Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 2.64 · FY 2025: 2.72 · FY 2026: 2.81 · FY 2027: 2.91
CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose
From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study
82.04.432 - Municipal sewer service payments Description City sewer utilities may deduct payments to other cities or other governmental agencies for interception, treatment, or disposal of sewerage from income subject to B&O tax. Revenues from sewerage collection is taxable under the state public utility tax at a rate of 3.852%. Purpose This deduction eliminates pyramiding of B&O and public utility tax when multiple utilities provide sewage services. Taxpayer ($ in millions): savings FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 State Taxes $2.640 $2.720 $2.810 $2.910 Local Taxes $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 Repeal of Repealing this deduction would increase revenues as long as legislation also repeals exemption the deduction for amounts derived by a political subdivision of the state from another political subdivision. Otherwise, there would be no increase in revenues. Potential ($ in millions): revenue gains FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 from full repeal State Taxes $0.000 $2.490 $2.810 $2.910 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 sewer public utility tax g
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