Tax topics

These articles provide information about taxes in Washington state. See our Special Notices for updates to existing tax law, and Industry Guides to better understand tax requirements for specific industries.


Topics Issue Date Subjects
Pet cremation services and sales of products Pet cremation
Computer software maintenance agreements Software
Data centers - sales and use tax exemption eligibility Data centers
Bidding on construction projects Construction bidding
Interim statement regarding the taxation of individual monitoring agency services Individual monitoring agency services
Homeowners associations Homeowners associations
Information technology products and services Information technology
Tax preference transparency Transparency
Volkswagen and Audi diesel vehicle settlement Diesel vehicles
Airbnb to collect and send taxes on behalf of hosts Lodging
Dealer cash is subject to B&O tax Dealer cash
Running, biking and athletic racing events are no longer retail sales Racing events
Games, gambling and similar income Gambling
Litter tax on prepared food Prepared food
Amusement and recreational services Amusement
Meals provided to senior residents Senior meals
Athletic and fitness facilities Athletic and fitness facilities
Municipal facilities providing fitness and recreational activities Physical fitness
Recreational services at a glance Recreation
Opportunity to dance Dance
Nonprofit youth organizations Nonprofit youth organizations
Interior cleaning services Cleaning
Job Corps operators and service providers Job corps
Pet adoption fees charged by nonprofit animal rescue organizations Pet adoption
Property tax - How the one percent property tax levy limit works Property tax
Currency and coin sales Coins
Construction cleanup services Construction cleanup
Domain name registration services Domain name
Purchase and use of vessels by nonresidents Nonresident vessel
Bakery items - Which type of baked goods are sales tax exempt? Bakery