# Washington — Vehicle trade-in sales tax credit rules by state -- full price taxed, or only the difference

For Washington, trade-in credit allowed is full credit, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Washington _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Trade-in credit allowed:** full credit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> For purposes of the retail sales tax measure, the selling price excludes "trade-in property of like kind." This means that dealers will collect retail sales tax from retail customers on the price after the value of the trade-in is deducted.

## Source

- https://dor.wa.gov/education/industry-guides/auto-dealers/trade-ins

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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