Exemption
IRS transfers
Real Estate Excise Tax exemption · RCW 82.45.010(3)(q) · enacted 1993
Details
- Citation
- RCW 82.45.010(3)(q)
- Study reference
- E1519-1
- Tax type
- Real Estate Excise Tax
- Preference type
- Exemption
- Category
- Other
- Year enacted
- 1993
- End date
- None scheduled
Fiscal impact (2024 study estimates)
- Revenue if repealed — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 7.34 · FY 2026: 9.21 · FY 2027: 10.97
- Revenue if repealed — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 33.86 · FY 2026: 41.12 · FY 2027: 48.66
- Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 7.21 · FY 2025: 8.15 · FY 2026: 9.21 · FY 2027: 10.97
- Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 32.31 · FY 2025: 37.58 · FY 2026: 41.12 · FY 2027: 48.66
CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose
From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study
82.45.010(3)(q) - IRS transfers Description Transferring real property to form, liquidate, or reorganize a corporation or partnership is not subject to state or local real estate excise tax. This only applies to real property transfers that qualify as a nonrecognition of gain or loss transaction under the Internal Revenue Code. Purpose Transferring real property to form, liquidate, or reorganize a corporation or partnership is not a sale. REET taxes arm's-length purchases of real estate in situations where the purchase price reflects the market price. Taxpayer ($ in millions): savings FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 State Taxes $32.310 $37.580 $41.120 $48.660 Local Taxes $7.210 $8.150 $9.210 $10.970 Repeal of Repealing this exemption would increase revenues. exemption Potential ($ in millions): revenue gains FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 from full repeal State Taxes $0.000 $33.860 $41.120 $48.660 Local Taxes $0.000 $7.340 $9.210 $10.970 Assumptions - This repeal takes effect July 1, 2024, and impacts 11 months of collections in fiscal year 2025. - Growth rate mirrors the REET growth rate reflected in the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council's March 2023 forecast. - The departmen
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