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A Guide To Washington's New Real Estate Excise Tax

A Guide To Washington's New Real Estate Excise Tax

WASHINGTONREET

In order to make Washington State’s tax structure more progressive, legislators have implemented a new Real Estate Excise Tax (REET), effective January 1st, 2020. REET will replace the current 1.28 percent sales tax applied to all real estate transactions with a variable rate based on a property’s value.

In response, Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty (RSIR) has launched WashingtonREET, a calculator created with home sellers in mind that displays estimations of 2019 and 2020 property taxes. This calculator is a quick and easy navigation tool, tremendously helpful for homeowners who are thinking about selling their home in the near future. The tiered REET will impact all property types with the exception of raw, undeveloped/agricultural land (which will remain at the current 1.28 percent rate).

For sellers of homes priced below $500,000, the tax rate will drop to 1.1 percent, a savings for sellers at this price point.

Sellers at the $1.56 million range will fall towards a break-even point.

Sellers of homes priced above $1.56 million will indelibly be subject to larger REET sums.

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