$5K
per applicant
Point-of-Sale Rebate
Discount at purchase
Rolling
No fixed cutoff
Instant
Applied at purchase
Simple
Short form or instant
Washington provides a sales and use tax exemption for new alternative fuel vehicles including electric vehicles. For a $50,000 EV, the exemption saves a business approximately $5,000 in sales tax at point of purchase.
Do I qualify?
Answer the questions below to get an instant self-assessment of your fit for this program. This is informational — final determinations are made by the administering agency.
1.Vehicle must qualify as an alternative fuel vehicle (BEV, FCEV, or PHEV)
2.Exemption applies to sales price up to $45,000
3.Tax exemption applied automatically at dealer
4.No application required — dealer processes at point of sale
5.Business and individual buyers both qualify
WA DOR · Washington
Business and Occupation (B&O) tax credit for Washington manufacturers and processors conducting R&D. Credit equals 2.5% of qualifying R&D expenditures against the B&O tax, helping manufacturers defray costs of innovation. Unused credit carries forward up to 5 years.
WA Commerce · Washington
Funds demonstration and deployment of clean energy technologies in Washington, supporting projects that accelerate market transformation in renewable energy, storage, efficiency, and transportation electrification.
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