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Retail Sales & Use Tax exemption · RCW 82.04.192(3)(b)(xiv) · enacted 2009

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 82.04.192(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Revenue if repealed — local ($M)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Revenue if repealed — state ($M)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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