Exemption
Local regional transportation vehicles
Retail Sales & Use Tax exemption · RCW 82.14.430(1) · enacted 2002
Details
- Citation
- RCW 82.14.430(1)
- Study reference
- E1738-1
- Tax type
- Retail Sales & Use Tax
- Preference type
- Exemption
- Category
- Government
- Year enacted
- 2002
- End date
- None scheduled
Fiscal impact (2024 study estimates)
- Revenue if repealed — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
- Revenue if repealed — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
- Taxpayer savings — local ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
- Taxpayer savings — state ($M)
- FY 2024: 0 · FY 2025: 0 · FY 2026: 0 · FY 2027: 0
CTI = confidential taxpayer information · D = unable to disclose
From the 2024 DOR Tax Exemption Study
82.14.430(1) - Local regional transportation vehicles Description This statute authorizes a regional transportation investment district (RTID) to levy local sales and use taxes of up to 0.1% to finance regional transportation projects. Subsection (1) exempts motor vehicles from the local tax. However, subsection (2) imposes a special use tax at the same tax rate on motor vehicles purchased by residents of the district. Purpose This unique tax arrangement enables vehicle dealers located within a RTID to avoid collecting the 0.1% local sales tax for regional transportation projects from purchasers of new or used vehicles who reside outside of the district. Conversely, residents of the district who purchase vehicles from dealers located outside of the district will still be subject to the tax. Taxpayer ($ in millions): savings FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 State Taxes $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 Local Taxes $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 Repeal of Repealing this exemption would not increase revenues because currently no exemption taxpayers use it. Potential ($ in millions): revenue gains FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 from full repeal State Taxes $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 $0.000 Local Taxe
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