Goods in transit

From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study

Expiration date — 2015 3rd sp.s. c 6; 2012 2nd sp.s. c 6 s 602: "Section 602 of this act expires July 1, 2015." [ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 6 s 603 ; 2012 2nd sp.s. c 6 s 704 .] Findings — Intent — Tax preference performance statement — 2015 3rd sp.s. c 6 s 602: "(1) The legislature finds that over the last fifteen years, technological transformation and other developments have radically changed the newspaper industry business model, which remains in transition. The legislature further finds that the economic hardship wrought by this digital transformation has been substantial. The legislature finds that a strong and vibrant newspaper industry in Washington is beneficial to the state's citizens and to the conduct of good government at every level. The legislature further finds that advertising revenue of all United States newspapers fell from 63.5 billion dollars in 2000 to about twenty-three billion dollars in 2013, and is still falling. The legislature further finds that traditional news organizations' ability to support high quality news gathering and reporting relied primarily on a model in which advertisers paid to reach mass audiences attracted by newspapers. The legislature furt