Washington State Sales/Use Tax on truck purchase.

What?

You produce a contract from a carrier, it is the same as your own authority.

 

I am an O/O based out of Wa and bought a truck and avoided the sales tax but only because I got a dealer in WA to fill out some form to make it exempt. It was a PITA.

 

Just lease it onto carrier in WA and you don't have to pay tax. I do agree that this tax bs has gone way too far. WA is one of the most taxed states to live in.

 

Exactly.

 

You'll find something similar to this in most states. It's because the states are not suppose to tax anything that would impede interstate commerce. That's how the New York HUT sticker got changed a few years ago and some of the mega carriers won huge refunds from the state of New York.

Now with regards to WA state, all you need to do is give them an mc# that is yours or show them this truck will be used in interstate commerce by providing them a copy of your operating agreement with a carrier that has an interstate authority.