// Exemption
Minimum income threshold - $2,000 per month
Public Utility Tax exemption · RCW 82.16.040 · enacted 1935
Details
- Citation
- RCW 82.16.040
- Study reference
- E1467-1
- Tax type
- Public Utility Tax
- Preference type
- Exemption
- Category
- Business
- Year enacted
- 1935
- End date
- None scheduled
Fiscal impact (2024 study estimates)
- Revenue if repealed — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
- Revenue if repealed — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 2.021 · FY 2026: 2.265 · FY 2027: 2.338
- Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
- Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 2.156 · FY 2025: 2.205 · FY 2026: 2.265 · FY 2027: 2.338
CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose
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