8/10/2023
Earlier this year Washington state enacted Substitute Senate Bill 5218 (Chapter 319 of Session Laws of 2023). This new law exempts sales of mobility enhancing equipment to critical needs patients from sales and use tax. Washington defines critical needs patient as 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.
To claim this exemption the buyer must present the seller with an exemption certificate.
