West Virginia Sales Tax. None on Firearms,Ammo, bullets , cases. propellants, etc. See more in post.
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https://tax.wv.gov/Documents/TSD/tsd444.•
Beginning July 1, 2021 the sale of small arms and small arms ammunition is exempt from the sales and use tax (including the municipal sales and use tax). This is a per se exemption and no exemption certificate is required.
___________________________________________________________________________________ • As provided in the exemption, small arms includes:
Any portable firearm, designed to be carried and operated by a single person, including, but not limited to, rifles, shotguns, pistols, and revolvers, with no barrel greater than an internal diameter of .50 caliber or a shotgun of 10 gauge or smaller.
• Firearms for the purpose of this definition means and includes:
Any new, used, or antique weapon that includes an assembly of a barrel and action from which a projectile
is discharged by means of a rapidly burning propellant. •
Firearms does not include:
1) Airsoft or BB Guns
2) Paintball Guns
3) Starter Pistols
4) Firearm parts or assembly kits that do not include a barrel. For example, the frame or receiver – that part of a firearm which provides the housing for the hammer, bolt or breechblock and firing mechanism, and which is usually threaded at its forward portion to receive the barrel.
5) Cap guns or toy guns
6) Non-firing replicas
7) After market accessories, including, but not limited to, mounts, grips, lights, scopes, buttstocks, etc.
8) Holsters and cases
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As provided in the exemption, small arms ammunition includes firearm ammunition designed for use in small arms, this shall include:
1) Any complete round, shell, or cartridge
2) Round, shell, or cartridge components
3) Bullets
4) Projectiles
5) Cartridge cases
6) Primers
7) Caps
8) Propellants