43.136.045 - Schedule for review of tax preferences -- Expedited review -- Citizen input. - Washington Statutes

Schedule for review of tax preferences — Expedited review — Citizen input.

(1) The citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences shall develop a schedule to accomplish an orderly review of tax preferences at least once every ten years. The commission shall schedule tax preferences for review in the order the tax preferences were enacted into law, except that the commission may elect to include, anywhere in the schedule, a tax preference that has a statutory expiration date. The commission shall omit from the schedule tax preferences that are required by constitutional law, sales and use tax exemptions for machinery and equipment for manufacturing, research and development, or testing, the small business credit for the business and occupation tax, sales and use tax exemptions for food and prescription drugs, property tax relief for retired persons, and property tax valuations based on current use, and may omit any tax preference that the commission determines is a critical part of the structure of the tax system. As an alternative to the process under RCW 43.136.055, the commission may recommend to the joint legislative audit and review committee an expedited review process for any tax preference that has an estimated biennial fiscal impact of ten million dollars or less.

     (2) The commission shall revise the schedule as needed each year, taking into account newly enacted or terminated tax preferences. The commission shall deliver the schedule to the joint legislative audit and review committee by September 1st of each year.

     (3) The commission shall provide a process for effective citizen input during its deliberations.

[2006 c 197 § 4.]