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WAC 108 Returned goods, allowances, cash discounts.
SOURCE DOCUMENT DETER. NO DATE OF ISSUE DESCRIPTION
       
WAC: 458-20-108   12/15/1987 Returned goods, allowances, cash discounts.
         
       
RCW: 82.04.080   1961 "Gross income of the business."
  82.04.160   1961 "Cash discount."
  82.08.010   1985 Definitions.
  82.16.050   1989 Deductions in computing tax.
  82.04.4283   1980 Deductions--Cash discount taken by purchaser.
  82.04.4286   1980 Deductions--Nontaxable business.
         
       
ETA 3008.2009 2/2/09 Service charges on transactions financed through credit cards
3041.2009 2/2/09 Patronage dividends of cooperative associations
3147.2009 2/2/09 Make-ready services performed by dealers  
3060.2009 2/2/09 Coupons used in retail sales
3081.2009 2/2/09 Effect of manufacturer's rebates on the measure of tax liability
34.04.108 3/1/93 MAKE-READY SERVICES PERFORMED BY DEALERS Revised 2/2/09. See ETA 3147.2009
69.08.108 3/1/93 SERVICE CHARGES ON TRANSACTIONS FINANCED THROUGH CREDIT CARDS Revised 2/2/09. See ETA 3008.2009
408.08.108 7/24/70 COUPONS USED IN RETAIL SALES Revised 2/2/09. See ETA 3060.2009
494.08.108 3/1/93 EFFECT OF MANUFACTURERS' REBATES ON THE MEASURE OF TAX LIABILITY Revised 2/2/09. See ETA 3081.2009
         
       
INDUSTRY GUIDES:      
         
       
SPECIAL NOTICES:      
Discount Vouchers 08/23/2012 Discount Vouchers
       
DIRECTIVE: 8108.1   03/15/1984 Merchandise Returns with Restocking Charge - 3/15/84
         
       
RPM: None      
         
       
WTD: 3 WTD 281 87-214   BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX (B&O) -- DEDUCTION -- CASH DISCOUNTS. Cash discounts given buyers by sellers may be deducted from the measure of the latter's business and occupation tax.
  4 WTD 217 87-338   RETAIL SALES TAX -- CASH DISCOUNTS. In order to take a deduction from retail sales tax for cash discounts given, a seller must refund (to the buyer) that portion of the tax attributable to the discount.
  5 WTD 355 88-194   USE TAX -- TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY --  DONATED ITEMS -- COUPONS -- DISCOUNTS. "Coupons" that can be redeemed for a free item are not a "discount."  The value of the item actually given for the coupon is a donation and its value is subject to use tax.
  5 WTD 379 88-202   B&O TAX -- SERVICE -- DEDUCTIONS -- DISCOUNTS -- SALES COMMISSIONS. Cash discounts from the selling price of tangible personal property may not be deducted from sales commissions taxed under the Service B&O category when calculating the measure of the sales agent's tax.
  5 WTD 379 88-202   B&O TAX -- SERVICE -- EXCLUSION -- SALES COMMISSIONS --DISCOUNTS. Where a sales agent contracts with its principal for a full commission but does not receive such a commission because it allows a discount on the sale of its merchandise, only the actual or partial commission received by the agent will be subjected to Service B&O tax.
  7 WTD 189 89-107   SALES TAX -- SELLING PRICE -- AUTOMOBILE REBATE. A manufacturer's automobile rebate endorsed by a customer in favor of a dealer, as part of the consideration for the purchase of an automobile, is part of the selling price of the auto and is subject to retail sales tax.
  8 WTD 52-1 89-329   B&O TAX -- DEDUCTION -- REPOSSESSIONS. A manufacturer who resells its goods after they have been repossessed from its dealer by a lender may not deduct the difference between the list price of the goods and the resale price from the measure of its B&O tax.
  8 WTD 52-1 89-329   This Determination has been overruled by    Det. No. 91-263, 11 WTD 263 (1991).
  11 WTD 5 83-180   DISCOUNTS -- ADVERTISING ALLOWANCES. The deduction for a bona fide discount is not available if the purchase is required to provide any service to the seller in return for the reduction.
  11 WTD 95 91-077   CHARGES FOR CROSSMATCHING--LABORATORY OPERATORS--SERVICE ACTIVITIES. When a hospital returns crossmatched blood to taxpayer, the charge made to the hospital for the crossmatching is subject to the service B&O tax.
  11 WTD 263 91-263   B&O TAX -- DISCOUNTS, ALLOWANCES, OR REDUCTION IN PURCHASE PRICE -- FLOORING ALLOWANCE.   A surcharge made by the manufacturer to its dealer on the original purchase invoice of an automobile, that is later refunded to the dealer, based on the flooring interest rate obtained by the dealer, is an adjustment to the original purchase price of the automobile. Therefore, credits are not subject to Service B&O tax when received by the dealer. NOTE: THIS DETERMINATION OVERRULES DET. NO. 89-329, 8 WTD 52-1, (1989).
  11 WTD 389 91-210   SERVICE B&O TAX -- GROSS INCOME -- REFUNDS -- DEDUCTIONS. Amounts taxpayer magazine subscription service refunds to subscribers due to overpayment are deductible if overpayments were reported as gross income. Overpayments are not gross income because they are not consideration for services rendered. Cancellation refunds in full or part are deductible because sales were not finally completed.
  12 WTD 589 93-069   RETAIL SALES TAX -- DISCOUNTS. The measure of retail sales tax will not be imputed based on vendor price reductions for cellular phones improperly labeled as "rebates" when the retail vendor receives a bona fide commission from the cellular phone company for enrolling the phone purchaser for retail cellular phone service.
  18 WTD 220 98-183   DISCOUNTS - REBATES - MANUFACTURERS. Rebates paid by product manufacturers to grocers for shelf space to cover the grocers' costs of stocking the products were not deductible as discounts, but taxable as income.
  18 WTD 387 98-172E   B&O TAX -- GROSS INCOME -- GROCERY -- SLOTTING -- ALLOWANCE -- DISCOUNT. Slotting fees and other payments to grocers for services are subject to service B&O tax as gross income to grocers. Discounts from the selling price or rebates paid to the grocer directly from the party selling the goods to the grocer may be deducted provided the grocer does not perform any service for the payment.   
  18 WTD 387 98-172E   B&O TAX -- EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE. Businesses that structure their transactions differently may be taxed differently. The Department will not disregard the form of the transaction structured by the taxpayer.
  18 WTD 387 98-172E   B&O TAX -- OPPRESSIVE. B&O Tax based on a difference in the method of operation is not oppressive.
  19 WTD 771 98-202   RETAIL SALES TAX -- MEASURE - DISCOUNTS - PRODUCTIVITY/VOLUME -- COMMISSIONS. Productivity discounts based on the number of reservations booked on a reservation system and used to offset monthly equipment, software and communication charges are not true discounts and cannot be deducted from the measure of the tax.
  21 WTD 180 01-185   B&O TAX -- LOANS -- CASH DISCOUNTS. Discounts given by a Taxpayer on loans it sells to investors, to increase the attractiveness of the investment's yield, are not allowable cash discounts.
  23 WTD 238 03-0045   RETAIL SALES TAX - RETURNED GOODS. In order to qualify as a returned good for which sales tax could be refunded, the seller has to accept the return of the property sold and refund to the taxpayer (buyer) the entire purchase price. Sales tax may not be refunded where the seller does not accept the return of the property but instead brokers the sale of the property to a third party.
  26 WTD 256 05-0142   RCW 82.04.080, RCW 82.04.090: SERVICE B&O TAX -- ADVERTISING DISPLAY SERVICE -- BONA FIDE DISCOUNT -- NET CHARGE. Service B&O tax on advertising display service charges billed on a net basis is measured by the amount billed and legally due.
       
       
       
       
       
         
       
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