Washington Department of Revenue, quoted verbatim
Capital gains tax in Washington
What Washington Department of Revenue publishes about each capital gains question, quoted from its own page and dated: 2 of 6 questions answered on the pages read here, the rest recorded as absences naming the page that was read.
- answers quoted word for word
- 2
- questions the guidance does not answer
- 4
- the day these pages were read
- 2026-09-11
Where this jurisdiction stands
No income tax, but a standalone excise tax on long-term gains
Every question, as Washington Department of Revenue states it
| The question | What the authority says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The rate on a long-term gain | 7% tax on the sale or exchange of long-term capital assets such as stocks, bonds, business interests, or other investments and tangible assets. This tax only applies to individuals. | Washington Department of Revenue - Capital gains tax read September 2026 |
| When a gain counts as long-term | The tax only applies to gains allocated to Washington state. | Washington Department of Revenue - Capital gains tax read September 2026 |
| Selling your main home | Washington Department of Revenue does not publish this on the page read here (Washington Department of Revenue - Capital gains tax, read September 2026). The department's capital gains tax page does not set out the treatment of a main home on this page; real estate is dealt with by the statute's exemptions rather than in this overview. | Washington Department of Revenue - Capital gains tax read September 2026 |
| Deferring the gain on an investment property | Washington Department of Revenue does not publish this on the page read here (Washington Department of Revenue - Capital gains tax, read September 2026). This page names three interim guidance statements - credit for tax paid to another jurisdiction, Section 1256 contracts, and domicile - and no like-kind or Section 1031 treatment. | Washington Department of Revenue - Capital gains tax read September 2026 |
| Setting losses against gains | Washington Department of Revenue does not publish this on the page read here (Washington Department of Revenue - Capital gains tax, read September 2026). The overview page publishes the rate and who must file, and states no rule for setting losses against gains. | Washington Department of Revenue - Capital gains tax read September 2026 |
| The extra tax on investment income | Washington Department of Revenue does not publish this on the page read here (Washington Department of Revenue - Capital gains tax, read September 2026). Washington levies no income tax and therefore no surtax on investment income; the excise tax quoted above is the whole of the state charge. | Washington Department of Revenue - Capital gains tax read September 2026 |
An absence here means we have no quotation, never that the gain is untaxed.
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Washington: 2 capital gains treatments quoted verbatim from the authority's own page and 4 recorded absences (Capital Gains Tax HQ US Capital Gains Tax Record).
Cite as: "Capital Gains Tax HQ US Capital Gains Tax Record: Washington", updated 2026-09-11, https://capitalgainstaxhq.com/tax/washington/.
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