WSR 14-03-091
INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
[Filed January 16, 2014, 3:49 p.m.]
INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT ISSUED
The department of revenue has issued the following excise tax advisory (ETA):
ETA 3186.2014 - Use Tax Liability for Lessees on Leased Tangible Personal Property
This ETA explains a lessee's use tax payment responsibility when a lessee brings leased tangible personal property into Washington from outside the state. The ETA clarifies that lessees are responsible for paying Washington's use tax on the value of the article used unless a specific exemption or credit applies.
A copy of this document is available via the internet at Recent Rule and Interpretive Statements, Adoptions, and Repeals.
Tim Jennrich
Tax Policy Specialist