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Retail Sales & Use Tax exemption · RCW 82.04.192(3)(b)(xiv) · enacted 2009
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 82.04.192(3)(b)(xiv)
- Study reference
- E1562-1
- Tax type
- Retail Sales & Use Tax
- Preference type
- Exemption
- Category
- Business
- Year enacted
- 2009
- End date
- None scheduled
Fiscal impact (2024 study estimates)
- Revenue if repealed — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 38.56 · FY 2026: 43.94 · FY 2027: 46.03
- Revenue if repealed — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 36.57 · FY 2026: 43.27 · FY 2027: 47.04
- Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 40.51 · FY 2025: 42.07 · FY 2026: 43.94 · FY 2027: 46.03
- Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 90.08 · FY 2025: 93.54 · FY 2026: 97.7 · FY 2027: 102.35
CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose
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