Exemption

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Retail Sales & Use Tax exemption · RCW 82.12.0208(3) · enacted 2009

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Details

Citation
RCW 82.12.0208(3)
Study reference
E1715-1
Tax type
Retail Sales & Use Tax
Preference type
Exemption
Category
Individuals
Year enacted
2009
End date
None scheduled

Fiscal impact (2024 study estimates)

Revenue if repealed — local ($M)
FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: I · FY 2026: I · FY 2027: I
Revenue if repealed — state ($M)
FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: I · FY 2026: I · FY 2027: I
Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
FY 2024: I · FY 2025: I · FY 2026: I · FY 2027: I
Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
FY 2024: I · FY 2025: I · FY 2026: I · FY 2027: I

CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose

From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study

Other location of receipt by the purchaser. If the purchaser receives tangible personal property, retail services, digital products or codes, or an extended warranty at a location other than the seller's place of business, then the sale must be sourced to the location where the purchaser, or the purchaser's donee, receives the property, retail service, digital product or code, or extended warranty. This location may be indicated in instructions, known to the seller, for delivery to the purchaser or the purchaser's donee. (a) Delivery terms, such as "FOB shipping point" and "FOB origin," and the Uniform Commercial Code's provisions defining sale or where risk of loss passes, do not determine where the place of receipt occurs. (b) The seller must retain documents used in the ordinary course of the seller's business to show how the seller knows the location where the purchaser or purchaser's donee received the goods. Acceptable proof includes, but is not limited to, the following documents: (i) Instructions for delivery to the seller indicating where the purchaser wants the goods delivered, provided on a sales contract, sales invoice, or any other document used in the seller's ordina

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