Exemption
METRO transit expenditures
Public Utility Tax exemption · RCW 35.58.560 · enacted 1967
Details
- Citation
- RCW 35.58.560
- Study reference
- E1462-1
- Tax type
- Public Utility Tax
- Preference type
- Exemption
- 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- Revenue if repealed — local ($M)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- Revenue if repealed — state ($M)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: CTI · FY 2026: CTI · FY 2027: CTI
- Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
- Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
- FY 2024: CTI · FY 2025: CTI · FY 2026: CTI · FY 2027: CTI
CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose
From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study
84.70.010 - Destroyed property Additional Additional Information Information Category: Individuals Year Enacted: 1974 Primary Beneficiaries: Owners of property impacted by a natural disaster Taxpayer Count: 35 Program Inconsistency: None evident JLARC Review: Expedited review completed in 2020 2024 Tax Exemption Study Page 649 Chapter 18 Public Utility Tax 2024 Tax Exemption Study Page 650 35.58.560 - METRO transit expenditures Description Metropolitan municipal corporations may take an offset against gross revenue subject to any state tax for expenditures made from such gross revenue for planning or performing public transportation. Purpose To support public transportation systems. Taxpayer ($ in millions): savings FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 State Taxes CTI CTI CTI CTI Local Taxes $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 Repeal of Repealing this exemption would increase revenues. exemption Potential ($ in millions): revenue gains FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 from full repeal State Taxes $0.000 CTI CTI CTI Local Taxes $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 Assumptions This exemption impacts fewer than three taxpayers; any impacts are confidential. Data Sources Department of Revenue, Excise tax d
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