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Retail Sales & Use Tax exclusion · RCW 82.04.050(2)(a) · enacted 1973

All exemptions & deductions

No 2025–26 change identified — this preference was reviewed against the 2025–26 session laws and is unchanged from the 2024 study baseline.

Details

Citation
RCW 82.04.050(2)(a)
Study reference
E1543-1
Tax type
Retail Sales & Use Tax
Preference type
Exclusion
Category
Individuals
Year enacted
1973
End date
None scheduled

Fiscal impact (2024 study estimates)

Revenue if repealed — local ($M)
FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0.037 · FY 2026: 0.042 · FY 2027: 0.044
Revenue if repealed — state ($M)
FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0.064 · FY 2026: 0.072 · FY 2027: 0.082
Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
FY 2024: 0.039 · FY 2025: 0.041 · FY 2026: 0.042 · FY 2027: 0.044
Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
FY 2024: 0.073 · FY 2025: 0.073 · FY 2026: 0.072 · FY 2027: 0.082

CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose

From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study

Effective dates — 1975 1st ex.s. c 291: "This 1975 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing institutions, and shall take effect immediately: PROVIDED, That sections 8 and 26 through 43 of this amendatory act shall be effective on and after January 1, 1976: PROVIDED FURTHER, That sections 2, 3, and 4, and subsections (1) and (2) of section 24 shall be effective on and after January 1, 1977: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That subsections (3) through (15) of section 24 shall be effective on and after January 1, 1978." [ 1975 1st ex.s. c 291 s 46 .] Severability — 1975 1st ex.s. c 291: "If any provision of this 1975 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1975 1st ex.s. c 291 s 45 .] Effective date — 1975 1st ex.s. c 90: "This 1975 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July

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