// Exemption
Heavy equipment rental property
Property Tax exemption · RCW 84.36.597 · enacted 2020
Details
- Citation
- RCW 84.36.597
- Study reference
- E1441-1
- Tax type
- Property Tax
- Preference type
- Exemption
- Category
- Agriculture
- Year enacted
- 2020
- End date
- None scheduled
Fiscal impact (2024 study estimates)
- Revenue if repealed — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0.073 · FY 2026: 0.141 · FY 2027: 0.144
- Revenue if repealed — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: -3.013 · FY 2026: -3.436 · FY 2027: -3.618
- Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 2.171 · FY 2025: 2.544 · FY 2026: 2.581 · FY 2027: 2.655
- Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
- FY 2024: -2.467 · FY 2025: -2.453 · FY 2026: -2.615 · FY 2027: -2.799
CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose
From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study
Home Forms & Publications Publications By Subject Special Notices Property Tax Exemption For Heavy Equipment Rental Property Print Property tax exemption for heavy equipment rental property Issue Date January 05, 2021 Intended audience: Heavy equipment rental dealers and local county assessors. The 2020 Legislature passed Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5628 which creates the following: A property tax exemption for heavy equipment rental property owned by a heavy equipment rental dealer (effective for 2021 assessment year). Heavy equipment rental tax of 1.25% that will be imposed on each instate rental of heavy equipment rental property (effective Jan. 1, 2022). What is heavy equipment rental property? This bill creates a property tax exemption for all heavy equipment rental property owned by a heavy equipment rental dealer. To qualify for the property tax exemption the heavy equipment must meet the following criteria: Mobile . Equipment may not be permanently affixed to real property and may be moved among worksites if needed. Customarily used for construction, earthmoving, or industrial applications . This includes the constructing of new buildings or other structures, or the repair
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