DOL and DOR have not updated their web sites yet, so I am not sure whether we hit 7,500 cars in March, or if they simply feel confident that we will do so in April and intend to make the notification in April as well. But DOT says that the sales tax waiver will expire on May 31. Email I got today from
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Thinking of buying or leasing an electric car? Get it by May 31 to save up to $3,200.
Washington’s alternative fuel vehicle sales tax exemption is coming to an end. If you, your organization, or someone you know plans to buy or lease a new plug-in electric vehicle, please note that you must take delivery of the car by May 31, 2018 to qualify for the state’s sales tax incentive. Starting June 1, regular sales and use taxes will apply. See the message below for more information.
If you receive your vehicle after May 31, you will be required to pay all applicable sales tax.
Alternative fuel vehicle sales tax exemption ENDS May 31
The Department of Revenue has notified the Washington State Auto Dealers Association that the alternative fuel vehicle sales tax exemption will end on May 31. To receive this tax exemption, your vehicle must be delivered on or before May 31, 2018.
The list of qualifying vehicles is available at
http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/altfuelexemptions.html.
The exemption
- Only applies to new vehicles.
- Only applies to the first $32,000 of the selling price or total lease payments if the customer leased the vehicle prior to the exemption’s expiration.
- Expires on the last day of the calendar month after the Department of Licensing determines that 7,500 vehicles have qualified for the exemption.
To qualify, a vehicle must:
- Have a base model MSRP under $42,500 and be on the list linked above; and
- Be a passenger car, light duty truck or medium duty passenger vehicles that:
- Is exclusively powered by a clean alternative fuel; OR
- Uses at least one method of propulsion that is capable of being re-energized by an external source of electricity and is capable of traveling at least thirty miles using only battery power.
If you are receiving your vehicle after May 31, 2018, you will be required to pay all applicable sales taxes.