Exemption
Air pollution control facilities
Property Tax exemption · RCW 84.36.487 · enacted 1997
Details
- Citation
- RCW 84.36.487
- Study reference
- E1433-1
- Tax type
- Property Tax
- Preference type
- Exemption
- Category
- Business
- Year enacted
- 1997
- End date
- None scheduled
Fiscal impact (2024 study estimates)
- Revenue if repealed — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: CTI · FY 2026: CTI · FY 2027: 0
- Revenue if repealed — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
- Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
- FY 2024: CTI · FY 2025: CTI · FY 2026: CTI · FY 2027: 0
- Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
- FY 2024: CTI · FY 2025: CTI · FY 2026: CTI · FY 2027: 0
CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose
From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study
84.36.487 - Air pollution control facilities Description Air pollution control equipment constructed or installed at a thermal electric generating facility after May 15, 1997, is exempt from property tax. To qualify, the generating facility must have begun operation between January 1, 1970, and June 30, 1975. Purpose To encourage thermal electric generating facilities to reduce air pollution emissions. Taxpayer ($ in millions): savings FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 State Taxes CTI CTI CTI CTI Local Taxes CTI CTI CTI CTI Repeal of Repealing a property tax exemption would not increase state revenues. A repeal exemption shifts the state property tax to the currently exempt taxpayers and reduces the tax burden of other taxpayers. It may decrease the local rate and possibly result in local taxing districts at their statutory maximum rate experiencing a revenue increase. Potential ($ in millions): revenue gains FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 from full repeal State Taxes $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 Local Taxes $0.000 CTI CTI CTI Assumptions This exemption impacts fewer than three taxpayers; any impacts are confidential. Data Sources Department of Revenue, Property Tax Division Addition
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