Clean alternative fuel commercial vehicle and vehicle infrastructure tax credit

Available to:

Businesses that use commercial vehicles to transport commodities, merchandise, produce, refuse, freight, animals or passengers, and need to refuel the vehicles with clean alternative fuel.

Credit is earned on:

Purchases of new commercial vehicles and qualifying used commercial vehicles with propulsion units that are principally powered by a clean alternative fuel

• Leases of new commercial vehicles and qualifying used commercial vehicles with propulsion units that are principally powered by a clean alternative fuel
• Costs to modify a commercial vehicle to be principally powered by a clean alternative fuel, including property incorporated into the vehicle and labor or service charges to modify the vehicle
• Purchases of alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure component parts, as well as related installation and construction costs

Vehicle must display a WA license plate.

Credit is not earned on vehicles purchased to lease to others.

Reporting/documentation requirements:

• No Annual Tax Performance Report
• Electronic filing required
• Apply for the Commercial Vehicle Credit and/or Alternative Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure Credit (3 part application) in My DOR

Statewide annual credit balances
(As of December 31, 2019)

Applied for: $141,223.73
Amount issued: $427,892.06
Remaining available credit: $5,572,107.94

Statewide total credit balances
(From July 15, 2015 through December 31, 2019)

Applied for: $3,923,901.65
Amount issued: $2,085,254.19
Remaining available credit: $30,414,745.81

Note: The remaining available credit is the total annual statewide cap less any credits issued.

For questions about the application, call Taxpayer Account Administration at 360-705-6214.