Washington BUYERS’ RETAIL SALES TAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE

BUYERS’ RETAIL SALES TAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE
Buyer’s Retail Sales Tax Exemption Certificate - Form 27-0032
Buyer’s Retail Sales Tax Exemption Certificate Form

Buyer’s Retail Sales Tax
Exemption Certificate

Form 27 0032

Do not use this form for resale purchases

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This certificate is for:
	

	

Single use	
You need to show this certificate each time you buy an exempt item.
	

Blanket certificate
You can use this certificate anytime, as long as you and the seller/marketplace facilitator have a
recurring business relationship. A recurring business relationship means you have at least one sale
transaction within 12 months (RCW 82.08.050(7)(c)).		

Name:

Date:

Mailing address:
City:

State:

Zip:

I, the undersigned buyer, certify I am making an exempt purchase for the following reason:
(Enter information and/or check applicable box(es)).

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Nonresident vessel purchases:

Place of residence:
Type of proof of residence accepted (driver’s license, State Issued ID Card, etc)

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including any identification numbers

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, and expiration date

Watercraft (make, model and serial number of vessel):
Registered or documented with the US Coast Guard or state of principal use and will leave
Washington waters within 45 days; or
Buyer is a resident of a foreign country. Purchase is for use outside Washington and will 	
leave Washington water within 45 days.

	

Seller’s signature:

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Electric vehicles/vessels:
a. Batteries or fuel cells for electric vehicles and services for installing, repairing, or improving 		
electric vehicle batteries and fuel cells.

	

b. Tangible personal property that will become a component of a battery or fuel cell electric
vehicle infrastructure and labor and services for installing, constructing, repairing, or improving
battery or fuel cell electric vehicle infrastructure, including hydrogen fueling stations. 	
c. Zero emissions buses.

	

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d. Vessels equipped with battery-powered electric marine propulsion systems or the systems
themselves with continuous power greater than 15kW.
e. Batteries and battery packs or shoreside battery infrastructure used to exclusively power electric		
marine propulsion systems operating at a continuous power greater than 15kW.

Intrastate air transport:
Airplanes for use in providing intrastate air transportation by a commuter air carrier and the sale of
repair and related services for these airplanes.

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Interstate or foreign commerce or commercial deep sea fishing business:
a. Motor vehicle, trailers and component parts thereof used to transport persons or property for
hire in interstate or foreign commerce.
b. Airplanes, locomotives, railroad cars or watercraft and component parts thereof used in
transporting persons or property for hire.
c. Labor and services rendered to construct, repair, clean, alter or improve for hire carrier property.
d. Items for use connected with private or common carriers engaged in air, rail or water in
interstate or foreign commerce. (Note: Items consumed in the state are subject to use tax.)	
e. Watercraft, component parts, labor and services, and/or diesel fuel used in a qualifying
commercial deep sea fishing operation.

		

Registered vessel name:

Vessel number:

f. Purchases of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by private or common waterborne carriers in interstate
or foreign commerce. The exemption applies to ninety percent of LNG transported and
consumed outside this State by the buyer.

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5 Other:

Prescription items: You must use the Sales Tax Exemption Certificate for Health Care Providers to claim exemptions for
items prescribed for human use and other medical purchases.

a. Waste vegetable oil used to produce biodiesel fuel for personal use. 	
b. Equipment rental and purchase of services for use in motion picture and video production. 	
c. Objects of art or cultural value purchased by an artistic or cultural organization. 	
d. Adaptive automobile equipment purchased by disabled veterans.	
e. Animal pharmaceuticals purchased by veternarians. This exemption does not apply to
pharmaceuticals for pets (describe):

	

f. Computer hardware, peripherals, software and related installation, used by the aerospace industry.
g. Labor, services and tangible personal property related to the constructing of new buildings by a
manufacturer of commercial airplanes, fuselages, or wings of a commercial airplane, or by a port 		
district, political subdivision, or municipal corporation to be leased to such a manufacturer.
h. Computer hardware, peripherals, software and related installation, purchased by publishers and
printers.
i. City, County, Tribal, or Inter-Tribal Housing Authorities.
j. Tangible personal property for use in a noncontiguous state delivered to the usual receiving terminal of
the shipper.
Types of goods purchased:
Point of delivery:

Carrier/agent:

	

k. Gases and chemicals used by a manufacturer or processor for hire in the production of semiconductor
materials.
l. Hog fuel used to produce electricity, steam, heat, or biofuel.
m. 	Tangible personal property under the weatherization assistance program.
n. 	Trail grooming services.
o.	 Honey bees, honey bee feed purchased by an eligible apiarist. Apiarist ID #:
p.	 Federal credit union purchases. 	
q. 	 Wax, ceramic materials, and labor used to create molds consumed during the process of creating
investment castings.
r. 	 Sales of ferry vessels to the state or local governmental units, components thereof, and labor and
service charges.
s. 	 Joint Municipal Utilities Services Authority.
t. 	 Paratransit vehicles purchased by paratransit service providers.
u.	 Large/private airplanes purchased by nonresidents.
v.	 Standard financial information purchased by qualifying international investment management
companies and their affiliates.
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w.	 Material and supplies directly used in the packing of fresh perishable horticultural products by
persons who receive, wash, sort, and pack fresh perishable horticultural products for farmers.
x. 	 Vessel deconstruction services.
y. 	 Only for delivered bottled water

No source of potable water	

						

Prescribed water

Purchased with food stamps (SNAP)

z. 	 Anaerobic digesters and repair services.
aa.	Purchases of solar energy machinery and equipment that generates at least 1 kilowatt (kW) and no
more than 100 kW of electricity and labor and services rendered in regard to installation of such
equipment.
bb. Ride-sharing vehicles to be used in certain rideshare programs.
cc. Mobility enhancing equipment for complex needs patients.
Items purchased:

Certification:

I, the undersigned buyer, understand that by completing and signing this certificate I am certifying that I qualify
for the tax exempt purchase(s) indicated above. I understand that I will be required to pay sales or use tax on
purchases that do not qualify for an exemption. In addition, I understand that false or erroneous use of this
certificate will result in liability for unpaid tax with interest and may result in additional penalties.
Type of entity:		

Individual	

			

Other (explain)

Type of business:

Corporation	

Sole Proprietor	

Partnership

Account ID:

Buyer name:

	Title:

Street address:
City, State, Zip:
Buyer signature:

Seller must retain the original of this certificate for their records.
Do not send a copy of this certificate to the Department of Revenue.

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Instructions
Buyer’s must ensure entitlement to the exemption before using this certificate.
For information regarding exemptions, contact Washington State Department of Revenue Taxpayer
Information Center at 360-705-6705 or visit our website at dor.wa.gov.
Line 1 applies to watercraft purchased by a
Line 4a applies to the purchase of motor vehicles,
nonresident for use outside Washington when
or trailers by a business operating or contracting
delivery take place in Washington. The buyer must
to operate for the holder of a carrier permit issued
provide proof of residency (picture ID) and check
by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The
the applicable box. By checking the box, the buyer
exemption also applies to component parts and
certifies that the vessel will leave Washington State
repairs of such carrier property including labor and
waters within forty-five days. Sellers must examine
services rendered in the course of constructing,
and document the proof of residency provided by
repairing, cleaning, altering or improving the same.
the buyer. Seller must sign the form. By signing the
The buyer must attach a list stating make, model,
form, the seller certifies that the seller has examined year, serial number, motor number and ICC permit
and listed the buyer’s proof of residency. See WAC
number. Reference: RCW 82.08.0263 and WAC 458458-20-238 for acceptable proof of residency for
20-174.
corporations, partnerships and limited liability
Line 4b applies to the purchase of airplanes,
companies. Reference: RCW 82.08.0266, RCW
locomotives, railroad cars, or watercraft for use
82.08.02665 and WAC 458-20-238.
in conducting interstate or foreign commerce
Line 2a applies to the purchase of batteries or fuel
by transporting therein or there with persons or
cells for electric vehicles and services for installing,
property for hire. The exemption also applies to
repairing, or improving electric vehicle batteries and
component parts of such carrier property.
fuel cells. Reference: RCW 82.08.816.
Reference: RCW 82.08.0262 and WAC 458-20-175.
Line 2b applies to the purchase of tangible personal
property that will become a component of an
electric vehicle infrastructure or to labor and services
rendered in respect to installing, constructing,
repairing, or improving electric vehicle infrastructure,
including hydrogen fueling stations.
Reference: RCW 82.08.816.
Line 2c applies to the purchase of zero emissions
buses. Reference: RCW 82.08.816.
Line 2d applies to the purchases of vessels with
battery- powered electric marine propulsion systems
or the systems themselves with continuous power
greater than 15 kW. Reference: RCW 82.08.996.
Line 2e applies to the purchase of marine batteries,
shoreside infrastructure, and related labor and
installation charges used with electric vessel marine
propulsion systems. Reference: 82.08.996.
Line 3 applies to the purchase of airplanes for use in
providing intrastate air transportation by a commuter
air carrier and the sale of repair and related services
for these airplanes. Commuter air carriers are
air carriers holding authority under Title 14, part
298 of the code of federal regulations that carries
passengers on at least five round trips per week
on at least one route between two or more points.
Reference: RCW 82.08.0262 and 82.12.0254.

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Line 4c applies to charges for labor and services
rendered in the course of constructing, repairing,
cleaning, altering or improving carrier property when
carrier property is used for hire. Reference: RCW
82.08.0262 and WAC 458-20-175.
Line 4d applies to the purchase of durable goods or
consumables, other than those mentioned in line
4b, for use in connection with interstate or foreign
commerce by such businesses. The goods must be for
exclusive use while engaged in transporting persons
or property in interstate or foreign commerce. The
exemption does not apply to charges for labor or
services in regard to the installing, repairing, cleaning
or altering of such property. Although exempt from
retail sales tax, materials are subject to use tax if
consumed in Washington. Unregistered businesses
must attach a list stating the description and quantity
of items that will be consumed in Washington and
pay use tax to the seller. Reference: RCW 82.08.0261
and WAC 458-20-175.
Line 4e applies to the purchase of vessels,
component parts, or repairs by persons engaged in
commercial deep sea fishing operations outside the
territorial waters of the state of Washington. The
exemption also applies to the purchase of diesel fuel
used in commercial deep or commercial passenger
fishing operations when annual gross receipts from
the operations are at least five thousand dollars.
Reference: RCW 82.08.0262, RCW 82.08.0298, and
WAC 458-20-176.

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Line 4f applies to the purchase of LNG by carriers
that are registered with the Department of Revenue.
Carriers not registered with the Department must
pay sales tax on all LNG at the time of purchase, and
may later apply for a partial refund directly from the
Department.
Line 5a applies to the purchase of waste vegetable
oil from restaurants and food processors to produce
biodiesel fuel for personal use. The exemption does
not apply to persons that are engaged in selling
biodiesel fuel at wholesale or retail.
Reference: RCW 82.08.0205.
Line 5b applies to the rental of production
equipment and purchases of production services by
motion picture and video production companies.
Reference: RCW 82.08.0315 and Motion PictureVideo Production Special Notice.
Line 5c applies to the purchase of objects of art or
cultural value, and items used in the creation of a
work of art (other than tools), or in displaying art
objects or presenting artistic or cultural exhibitions
or performances by artistic or cultural organizations.
Reference: RCW 82.08.031 and WAC 458-20-249.
Line 5d applies to the purchases of add-on adaptive
automotive equipment purchased by disabled
veterans and disabled members of the armed forces
currently on active duty. To qualify the equipment
must be prescribed by a physician and the purchaser
must be reimbursed by the Department of Veterans
Affairs and the reimbursement must be paid directly
to the seller. Reference: RCW 82.08.875.
Line 5e applies to the purchase of animal
pharmaceuticals by veterinarians or farmers for
the purpose of administering to an animal raised
for sale by a farmer. Animal pharmaceuticals must
be approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration or the United States Department of
Agriculture. This exemption does not extend to or
include pet animals. Reference: RCW 82.08.880.
Line 5f applies to the purchase of computer
hardware, peripherals, and software, and related
installation, not otherwise eligible for the M&E
exemption, used primarily in development, design,
and engineering of aerospace products or in
providing aerospace services.
Reference: RCW 82.08.975.
Line 5g applies to charges for labor and services
rendered in respect to the constructing of new
buildings used primarily to manufacture commercial
airplanes, fuselages of commercial airplanes, or
wings of commercial airplanes. The exemption is
available to manufacturers engaged in manufacturing
commercial airplanes, fuselages of commercial
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airplanes, or wings of commercial airplanes. It is also
available to port districts, political subdivisions, or
municipal corporations who lease an eligible facility
to a manufacturer engaged in eligible manufacturing
activities. The exemption also applies to sales of
tangible personal property that will become a
component of such buildings during the course
of the constructing, and to labor and services
rendered in respect to installing, during the course of
constructing, building fixtures not otherwise eligible
for the exemption under RCW 82.08.02565(2)(b).
Reference: RCW 82.08.980 and RCW 82.32.850.
Line 5h applies to the purchase of computer
hardware, peripherals, digital cameras, software,
and related installation not otherwise eligible for the
M&E exemption that is used primarily in the printing
or publishing of printed materials. The exemption
includes repairs and replacement parts.
Reference: RCW 82.08.806.
Line 5i applies to all retail purchases of goods and
services by City, County, Tribal, or Inter-Tribal Housing
Authorities. Reference: RCW 35.82.210.
Line 5j applies to the purchase of goods for use in
a state, territory or possession of the United States
which is not contiguous to any other state such as
Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa. For the
exemption to apply, the seller must deliver the goods
to the usual receiving terminal of the for-hire carrier
selected to transport the goods.
Reference: RCW 82.08.0269.
Line 5k applies to the purchase of gases and
chemicals by a manufacturer or processor for hire in
the production of semiconductor materials. Limited
to gases and chemicals used to grow the product,
deposit or grow permanent or sacrificial layers on
the product, to etch or remove material from the
product, to anneal the product, to immerse the
product, to clean the product, and other uses where
the gases and chemicals come into direct contact
with the product during the production process, or
gases and chemicals used to clean the chambers and
other like equipment in which processing takes place.
Reference: RCW 82.08.9651.
Line 5l applies to the purchase of hog fuel to produce
electricity, steam, heat, or biofuel. Hog fuel is defined
as wood waste and other wood residuals including
forest derived biomass. Hog fuel does not include
firewood or wood pellets. Reference: RCW 82.08.956.
Line 5m applies to the purchase of tangible personal
property used in the weatherization of residences
under the weatherization assistance program.
The tangible personal property must become a
component part of the residence.
Reference: RCW 82.08.998.

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Line 5n applies to the purchase of trail grooming
services by the state of Washington and nonprofit
corporations organized under chapter 24.03 RCW.
Trail grooming activities include snow compacting,
snow redistribution, or snow removal on state or
privately-owned trails. Reference: RCW 82.08.0203.
Line 5o applies to all honey bees and honey bee feed
(e.g. sugar) purchased by an eligible apiarist. An
eligible apiarist is a person who: owns or keeps one
or more bee colonies; grows, raises , or produces
honey bee products for sale at wholesale; and
registers their hives/colonies with the WA State
Department of Agriculture as required by RCW
15.60.021. References: RCW 82.08.0204 and
RCW 82.08.200.
Line 5p applies to the purchase of goods and retail
services by federally chartered credit unions. Federal
credit unions are exempt from state and local
consumer taxes under federal law, such as sales tax,
lodging taxes and rental car tax. To be exempt, the
federal credit union must pay for goods and services
directly, such as by a check written on the federal
credit union or a credit card issued to the federal credit
union. Sellers should keep a copy of the check or credit
card used for payment to substantiate the exempt
nature of the sale. Reference: WAC 458-20-190.
Line 5q applies to the purchase of wax and ceramic
materials used to create molds consumed during
the process of creating ferrous and nonferrous
investment castings used in industrial applications.
Also applies to labor or services used to create wax
patterns and ceramic shells used as molds in this
process. Reference: RCW 82.08.983.
Line 5r applies to sales of ferry vessels to the state
of Washington or to a local governmental unit in
the state of Washington for use in transporting
pedestrians, vehicles, and goods within or outside
the territorial waters of the state. The exemption also
applies to sales of tangible personal property which
becomes a component part of such ferry vessels
and sales of or charges made for labor and services
rendered in respect to constructing or improving
such ferry vessels. Reference RCW 82.08.0285.
Line 5s applies to cities, counties, and other
municipalities that create a Joint Municipal Services
Authority. Reference: RCW 82.08.999.
Line 5t applies to purchases of small buses, cutaways,
and modified vans not more than 28 feet long by a
public social service agency (transit authority) or a
private, nonprofit transportation provider.
Reference: RCW 82.08.0287.

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Line 5u applies to purchases of private airplanes by
nonresidents weighing over 41,000 pounds. It also
provides an exemption for charges for repairing,
cleaning, altering or improving such airplanes owned
by nonresidents. A nonresident qualifies for these
exemptions when they are not required to register
the airplane with the Department of Transportation.
Reference: RCW 82.08.215.
Line 5v applies to the purchase and use of standard
financial information by a qualifying international
investment management companies and their
qualifying affiliates to $15 million dollars in a calendar
year. The standard financial information may be
provided in a tangible format (e.g. paper documents),
on a tangible media (e.g. DVD, USB drive, etc.) or as a
digital product transferred electronically.
Reference: RCW 82.08.207.
Line 5w applies to purchases of materials and
supplies used in packing horticultural products. The
exemption applies only to persons who receive,
wash, sort, and pack fresh perishable horticultural
products for farmers as defined in RCW 82.04.330
and that are entitled to a deduction under RCW
82.04.4287 either as an agent or an independent
contractor. Reference: RCW 82.08.0311.
Line 5x applies to deconstruction of vessels. “Vessel
deconstruction” means permanently dismantling
a vessel, including: Abatement and removal of
hazardous materials; the removal of mechanical,
hydraulic, or electronic components or other
vessel machinery and equipment; and either
the cutting apart or disposal, or both, of vessel
infrastructure. For the purposes of this subsection,
“hazardous materials” includes fuel, lead, asbestos,
polychlorinated biphenyls, and oils. “Vessel
deconstruction” does not include vessel modification
or repair. In order to qualify for this exemption the
vessel deconstruction must be performed at either
a qualified vessel deconstruction facility; or an area
over water that has been permitted under section
402 of the clean water act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. Sec.
1342) for vessel deconstruction.
Reference RCW 82.08.9996.
Line 5y this sales tax exemption only applies to
bottled water delivered to the buyer in a re-usable
container not sold with the water under one of the
following three conditions:
1. No Source of Potable Water – Retail sales and
use taxes do not apply to sales of bottled water for
human use to persons who do not have a readily
available source of potable water. Potable water is
water that is safe for human consumption.

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2. Water dispensed to patients pursuant to a
prescription – Retail sales and use taxes do not
apply to sales of bottled water for human use
dispensed or to be dispensed to patients, pursuant
to a prescription for use in the cure, mitigation,
treatment, or prevention of disease or medical
condition.
“Prescription” means an order, formula, or recipe
issued in any form of oral, written, electronic, or
other means of transmission by a duly licensed
practitioner authorized by the laws of this state to
prescribe.
3. Purchased under the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the
Food Stamp Program.
Line 5z applies to the purchases by owners and
operators of anaerobic digesters of services to
install, construct, repair, clean, alter, or improve
an anaerobic digester. Also applies to purchases
of tangible personal property that becomes
an ingredient or component of the anaerobic
digester. As of July 1, 2018 this includes equipment
necessary to process biogas and digestate from an
anaerobic and biogas from a landfill into marketable
coproducts. See RCW 82.08.900.
Line 5aa applies to the purchases of solar energy
machinery and equipment that generates at least
1 kilowatt and no more than 100kW of electricity.
This exemption also applies to the labor and services
purchased to install such machinery and equipment.
Reference: RCW 82.08.962.

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Line 5bb applies to purchases of vehicles by a
public transportation agency, a major employer,
or employees of major employers, to be primarily
used for ride sharing or ride sharing for persons with
special transportation needs. The vehicle and use of
vehicle must meet the criteria in RCW 82.08.0287.
Line 5cc applies to the purchase of mobility
enhancing equipment used by a complex needs
patient to meet the user’s specific and unique
medical, physical, and functional needs and
capacities for basic activities when medically
necessary to prevent hospitalization or
institutionalization.
“Complex needs patient” means an individual
with a diagnosis or medical condition that results
in significant physical or functional needs and
capacities.
“Mobility enhancing equipment” means equipment,
including repair and replacement parts for mobility
enhancing equipment that:
• Is primarily and customarily used to provide or
increase the ability to move from one place to
another and that is appropriate for use either in a
home or a motor vehicle;
• Is not generally used by persons with normal
mobility; and
• Does not include any motor vehicle or equipment
on a motor vehicle normally provided by a motor
vehicle manufacturer. Reference SSB 5218,
Chapter 319 Laws of 2023.

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