What's new
Special Notices
- New vapor products tax (posted Aug. 2019)
- New vapor products tax due on existing inventory (posted Aug. 2019)
- New clean alternative fuel and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales and use tax exemption (revised Aug. 2019)
- Change to the advertising deduction for radio and television broadcasting (posted Aug. 2019)
- Changes to the sales tax exemption for qualified nonresidents - updated (posted Aug. 2019)
- Auctions of abandoned vehicles by registered tow truck operators (posted July 2019)
- Taxability of renewable natural gas (posted July 2019)
- Timber activities – eligibility expanded to mass timber product manufacturers and expiration date extended for preferential rate (posted July 2019)
- Tax exemptions on electric vehicle infrastructure, electric vehicle batteries and fuel cells, and zero emissions buses (posted July 2019)
Tax Topics
- Health Care Provider B&O tax exemption available in 2021 (posted Aug. 2019)
- 2019 Tax Legislation (revised Aug. 2019)
Interpretive Statements
- Issued interim guidance regarding Bitcoin: Payments, Mining, and Investment Income (posted Aug 2019)
- Draft of ETA 3032 Taxability of Auction Sales of Abandoned Motor Vehicles by a Registered Tow Truck Operator posted for comment (posted July 2019)
- Disclaimer added to ETA 3054.2014 (posted July 2019)
Laws & Rules
- Repealed WAC 458-20-236 Baseball clubs and other sport organizations (posted July 2019)
- Filed expedited proposal for WAC 458-20-244 Food and food ingredients (posted July 2019
- Filed expedited draft for WAC 458-20-193C Imports and exports – Sales of goods from or to persons in foreign countries (posted July 2019)
News Releases
- Medical Lake partnership syncs up West Plains business licensing
- Tenino connects with south sound neighbors via licensing service
- Retail sales hit $39.4 billion in first quarter 2019
- New sales & use tax exemptions for 'green' vehicles begin Aug. 1
Forms
- Application for Sales Tax Refund on Purchases & Installation of Qualified Renewable Energy Equipment (posted Aug. 2019)
- Worksheet to Determine Leasehold Excise Tax Taxable Rent Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons (posted July 2019)
- Application for sales Tax Refund on Purchases and Installation of Qualified Renewable Energy Equipment (posted July 2019)
- Green Transportation Tax Refund Request (posted July 2019)
- Levy Limitations Worksheet (posted July 2019)
New or updated content
- Medical Lake city licenses
- Quarter 1 2019 Harvest statistics (posted Aug. 2019)
- Electric vehicle infrastructure (charging stations), batteries, and fuel cells - sales/use tax exemption, leasehold tax exemption (revised Aug. 2019)
- General public - hire domestic (household) employees within 90 days (revised Aug. 2019)
- Clean alternative fuel and plug-in hybrid vehicles - sales/use tax exemptions (revised Aug. 2019)
- Title, registration and tax responsibilities of boat owners (posted Aug. 2019)
- Taxpayer rights advocate (posted Aug. 2019)
- Nonresident educational flyer (revised Aug. 2019)
- Q1 2019 Local retail sales (posted Aug. 2019)
- Q1 2019 Quarterly Business Review (posted Aug. 2019)
- Real estate excise tax (posted July 2019)
- In-state sales of motor mehicles, etc to nonresidents (posted July 2019)
- Sales of motor vehicles, etc (posted July 2019)
- Tax Rate Lookup App (posted July 2019)
- Real Estate Excise Tax Distribution July 2019 (posted July 2019)