Wash. Rev. Code § 82.08.0253
Exemptions—Sale and distribution of newspapers
Washington · Revised Code of Washington Chapter 82.08 — Retail Sales Tax · Status: effective
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- Wash. Rev. Code § 82.08.0253, Exemptions—Sale and distribution of newspapers, Washington, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1534512
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(1) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to:
(a) The distribution and newsstand sale of printed newspapers; and(b) The sale of newspapers transferred electronically, provided that the electronic version of a printed newspaper:
(i) Shares content with the printed newspaper; and(ii) Is prominently identified by the same name as the printed newspaper or otherwise conspicuously indicates that it is a complement to the printed newspaper.
(2) For purposes of this section, "printed newspaper" means a publication issued regularly at stated intervals at least twice a month and printed on newsprint in tabloid or broadsheet format folded loosely together without stapling, glue, or any other binding of any kind, including any supplement of a printed newspaper.