Washington § 82.90.070 Repayment schedule—Interest, penalties, and insolvency—Transfer of ownership.

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§ 82.90.070 — Repayment schedule—Interest, penalties, and insolvency—Transfer of ownership.

Washington § 82.90.070

Title 82EXCISE TAXES

Ch. 82.90TAX DEFERRALS FOR SOLAR CANOPIES

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Wash. Rev. Code § 82.90.070 (2026).

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(1)Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the recipient must begin paying the deferred taxes in the second year after the date certified by the department as the date on which the eligible investment project has been operationally completed. The first payment of 12.5 percent of the deferred taxes is due on December 31st of the second calendar year after the certified date, with subsequent annual payments of 12.5 percent of the deferred taxes due on December 31st for each of the following seven years.

(2)The department may authorize an accelerated repayment schedule upon request of the recipient.

(3)If the investment project is not operationally complete within two calendar years from the issuance of the tax deferral certificate, or if, on the basis of the tax performance report

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the recipient must begin paying the deferred taxes in the second year after the date certified by the department as the date on which the eligible investment project has been operationally completed. The first payment of 12.5 percent of the deferred taxes is due on December 31st of the second calendar year after the certified date, with subsequent annual payments of 12.5 percent of the deferred taxes due on December 31st for each of the following seven years.

(2) The department may authorize an accelerated repayment schedule upon request of the recipient.

(3) If the investment project is not operationally complete within two calendar years from the issuance of the tax deferral certificate, or if, on the basis of the tax performance report under RCW 82.32.534 or other information, the department finds that an investment project is not connected to the electrical grid and producing solar energy at any time during the calendar year in which the investment project is certified by the department as having been operationally completed, or at any time during any of the seven succeeding calendar years, a portion of deferred taxes is immediately due according to the following schedule:

Year in which

use occurs

Percent of deferred taxes due

1

100

2

100

3

87.5

4

75

5

62.5

6

50

7

37.5

8

25

9

12.5

(4) The department must assess interest at the rate provided for delinquent taxes, but not penalties, retroactively to the date of deferral for a recipient who must repay deferred taxes under this chapter because the department has found that an investment project is not eligible for tax deferral. The debt for deferred taxes is not extinguished by insolvency or other failure of the recipient.

(5) Transfer of ownership does not terminate the deferral. The deferral is transferred, subject to the successor meeting the eligibility requirements of this chapter, for the remaining periods of the deferral.

Tax preference performance statement — Automatic tax preference expiration — Exception — 2022 c 161: See notes following RCW 82.90.040 .