The Department of Revenue welcomes your participation in the rule making process.

On November 17, 2010, Governor Chris Gregoire directed state agencies under her jurisdiction to suspend non-critical rule development and adoption activities until the end of 2011.  The Office of Financial Management (OFM) issued guidelines to help agencies decide which rule making activities should be suspended.

The Department then reviewed its anticipated rule making and released a preliminary list of what it considered to be critical rule making that should continue, and rule making it believed could be delayed under the Executive Order and OFM Guidelines, to provide stakeholders an opportunity to comment.  In early January, the Department made its determination on which of those rules it at that time intended to move forward and which it intended to delay.   (The Department may later determine that additional rulemaking should proceed based on stakeholder input, legislation, or other information.)

See Temporary Rule Making Suspension for additional information about the Department’s actions and response to EO 10-06.

	Rule making agenda Identifies the rules that the Department is currently working on or plans to work on in the next 6 months. Provides links to rule making notices filed with the Office of the Code Reviser.
	Rule making calendar Identifies upcoming public meetings, hearings, and comment due dates.
	Adoptions and repeals Identifies recenly adopted and repealed rules and interpretive statements.
	How to participate Explains how to participate with the Department of Revenue in the rule making process.
	Rule making files (History) At this time these listings do not identify or include all rule making actions. If you don't find a specific rule making file, please contact Roseanna Hodson at RoseannaH@dor.wa.gov Excise tax rule files      Property tax rule files