RCW 82.12.820
Exemptions -- Warehouse and grain elevators and
distribution centers. (Effective until July 1, 2012.)
(1)
Wholesalers or third-party warehousers who own or operate
warehouses or grain elevators, and retailers who own or operate
distribution centers, and who have paid the tax levied under RCW 82.12.020 on:
(a) Material-handling equipment and racking equipment and
labor and services rendered in respect to installing, repairing,
cleaning, altering, or improving the equipment; or
(b) Materials incorporated in the construction of a
warehouse or grain elevator, are eligible for an exemption on tax
paid in the form of a remittance or credit against tax owed. The
amount of the remittance or credit is computed under subsection
(2) of this section and is based on the state share of use tax.
(2)(a) A person claiming an exemption from state tax in the
form of a remittance under this section must pay the tax imposed
by RCW 82.12.020 to the department. The person may then apply to
the department for remittance of all or part of the tax paid
under RCW 82.12.020. For grain elevators with bushel capacity of
one million but less than two million, the remittance is equal to
fifty percent of the amount of tax paid. For warehouses with
square footage of two hundred thousand or more, other than cold
storage warehouses, and for grain elevators with bushel capacity
of two million or more, the remittance is equal to one hundred
percent of the amount of tax paid for qualifying construction
materials, and fifty percent of the amount of tax paid for
qualifying material-handling equipment and racking equipment.
For cold storage warehouses with square footage of twenty-five
thousand or more, the remittance is equal to one hundred percent
of the amount of tax paid for qualifying construction, materials,
service, and labor, and one hundred percent of the amount of tax
paid for qualifying material-handling equipment and racking
equipment, and labor and services rendered in respect to
installing, repairing, cleaning, altering, or improving the
equipment.
(b) The department shall determine eligibility under this
section based on information provided by the buyer and through
audit and other administrative records. The buyer shall on a
quarterly basis submit an information sheet, in a form and manner
as required by the department by rule, specifying the amount of
exempted tax claimed and the qualifying purchases or acquisitions
for which the exemption is claimed. The buyer shall retain, in
adequate detail to enable the department to determine whether the
equipment or construction meets the criteria under this section:
Invoices; proof of tax paid; documents describing the
material-handling equipment and racking equipment; location and
size of warehouses, if applicable; and construction invoices and
documents.
(c) The department shall on a quarterly basis remit or
credit exempted amounts to qualifying persons who submitted
applications during the previous quarter.
(3) Warehouse, grain elevators, and material-handling
equipment and racking equipment for which an exemption, credit,
or deferral has been or is being received under chapter 82.60,
*82.61, 82.62, or 82.63 RCW or RCW 82.08.02565 or 82.12.02565
are not eligible for any remittance under this section.
Materials incorporated in warehouses and grain elevators upon
which construction was initiated prior to May 20, 1997, are not
eligible for a remittance under this section.
(4) The lessor or owner of the warehouse or grain elevator
is not eligible for a remittance or credit under this section
unless the underlying ownership of the warehouse or grain
elevator and material-handling equipment and racking equipment
vests exclusively in the same person, or unless the lessor by
written contract agrees to pass the economic benefit of the
exemption to the lessee in the form of reduced rent payments.
(5) The definitions in RCW 82.08.820 apply to this section.
[2005 c 513 § 12; 2003 c 5 § 13; 2000 c 103 § 9; 1997 c 450 § 3.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: Chapter 82.61 RCW was repealed in its entirety by 2005 c 443 § 7, effective July 1, 2006.
Effective dates -- 2005 c 513: See note following RCW 82.04.4266.
Finding -- Intent -- Retroactive application -- Effective date -- 2003 c 5: See notes following RCW 82.12.010.
Findings -- Intent -- Report -- Effective date -- 1997 c 450: See notes following RCW 82.08.820.
RCW 82.12.820
Exemptions -- Warehouse and grain elevators and
distribution centers. (Effective July 1, 2012.)
(1) Wholesalers
or third-party warehousers who own or operate warehouses or grain
elevators, and retailers who own or operate distribution centers,
and who have paid the tax levied under RCW 82.12.020 on:
(a) Material-handling equipment and racking equipment and
labor and services rendered in respect to installing, repairing,
cleaning, altering, or improving the equipment; or
(b) Materials incorporated in the construction of a
warehouse or grain elevator, are eligible for an exemption on tax
paid in the form of a remittance or credit against tax owed. The
amount of the remittance or credit is computed under subsection
(2) of this section and is based on the state share of use tax.
(2)(a) A person claiming an exemption from state tax in the
form of a remittance under this section must pay the tax imposed
by RCW 82.12.020 to the department. The person may then apply to
the department for remittance of all or part of the tax paid
under RCW 82.12.020. For grain elevators with bushel capacity of
one million but less than two million, the remittance is equal to
fifty percent of the amount of tax paid. For warehouses with
square footage of two hundred thousand or more and for grain
elevators with bushel capacity of two million or more, the
remittance is equal to one hundred percent of the amount of tax
paid for qualifying construction materials, and fifty percent of
the amount of tax paid for qualifying material-handling equipment
and racking equipment.
(b) The department shall determine eligibility under this
section based on information provided by the buyer and through
audit and other administrative records. The buyer shall on a
quarterly basis submit an information sheet, in a form and manner
as required by the department by rule, specifying the amount of
exempted tax claimed and the qualifying purchases or acquisitions
for which the exemption is claimed. The buyer shall retain, in
adequate detail to enable the department to determine whether the
equipment or construction meets the criteria under this section:
Invoices; proof of tax paid; documents describing the
material-handling equipment and racking equipment; location and
size of warehouses, if applicable; and construction invoices and
documents.
(c) The department shall on a quarterly basis remit or
credit exempted amounts to qualifying persons who submitted
applications during the previous quarter.
(3) Warehouse, grain elevators, and material-handling
equipment and racking equipment for which an exemption, credit,
or deferral has been or is being received under chapter 82.60, 82.62, or 82.63 RCW or RCW 82.08.02565 or 82.12.02565 are not
eligible for any remittance under this section. Materials
incorporated in warehouses and grain elevators upon which
construction was initiated prior to May 20, 1997, are not
eligible for a remittance under this section.
(4) The lessor or owner of the warehouse or grain elevator
is not eligible for a remittance or credit under this section
unless the underlying ownership of the warehouse or grain
elevator and material-handling equipment and racking equipment
vests exclusively in the same person, or unless the lessor by
written contract agrees to pass the economic benefit of the
exemption to the lessee in the form of reduced rent payments.
(5) The definitions in RCW 82.08.820 apply to this section.
[2006 c 354 § 13; 2005 c 513 § 12; 2003 c 5 § 13; 2000 c 103 § 9; 1997 c 450 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective dates -- 2006 c 354: See note following RCW 82.04.4268.
Effective dates -- 2005 c 513: See note following RCW 82.04.4266.
Finding -- Intent -- Retroactive application -- Effective date -- 2003 c 5: See notes following RCW 82.12.010.
Findings -- Intent -- Report -- Effective date -- 1997 c 450: See notes following RCW 82.08.820.