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No; Washington state does NOT require that the FFL facilitating a private party, face-to-face transfer collect sales tax.Is sales tax due on the sale price or just on the transfer fee on a private party transfer in Washington state? Thanks
... is theft.
The 10/22 is hypothetical. I just went thru the process of making wills and learned that you can leave specific firearms to a named person in a will and Federally the named person can just take the guns home. State laws still apply tho. and the Federal law requires you to follow state law. So if I understand the attorney correctly, in WA someone can just go pick up non-semi auto long guns from the the out of state executor and thats that. However for pistols and semi auto long guns they have to do a transfer in WA with all the hassles of background/medical checks and for the semi's the class.
What I do not know is if sales tax (or use tax) applies. If it does, do you also need to pay for an appraisal? Local place charges $60 for appraisals. Seems like you could end up paying nearly as much as the gun is worth on a cheap gun if that is so what with transfer, shipping, appraisal and sales tax.
There is no use tax on these types of transfers (inheritance) nor on gifts. I'm a practicing CPA in WA and OR.The 10/22 is hypothetical. I just went thru the process of making wills and learned that you can leave specific firearms to a named person in a will and Federally the named person can just take the guns home. State laws still apply tho. and the Federal law requires you to follow state law. So if I understand the attorney correctly, in WA someone can just go pick up non-semi auto long guns from the the out of state executor and thats that. However for pistols and semi auto long guns they have to do a transfer in WA with all the hassles of background/medical checks and for the semi's the class.
What I do not know is if sales tax (or use tax) applies. If it does, do you also need to pay for an appraisal? Local place charges $60 for appraisals. Seems like you could end up paying nearly as much as the gun is worth on a cheap gun if that is so what with transfer, shipping, appraisal and sales tax.
I wish you luck, this in my mind would be far simpler.