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WA HB1614

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

My-Linh Thai

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Replaces the business and occupation tax credit with a capital gains tax credit beginning in tax year 2025, allowing taxpayers to claim a nonrefundable credit against capital gains tax for amounts also subject to B&O tax on the same sale or exchange

  • Adds new definitions including "intangible personal property," "section 1256 contract," and "tangible personal property," and clarifies treatment of section 1256 contracts and loss carryovers in calculating adjusted capital gain

  • Requires spouses and state registered domestic partners to be treated as one taxpayer for threshold amounts, caps, deductions, and credits regardless of whether they file joint or separate returns

  • Creates a late payment penalty waiver for taxpayers who have timely remitted payment on all capital gains tax returns during the preceding five calendar years and have not been contacted by the department for enforcement

  • Requires brokers and barter exchanges to electronically file copies of IRS Form 1099-B with the Department of Revenue for sales of long-term capital assets allocated to Washington, subject to a $50 penalty per failure

Legislative Description

Modifying the capital gains tax.

Last Action

House Rules "X" file.

1/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules2/28/2025
Appropriations2/27/2025
Finance1/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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