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
2019 Tax Legislation	05/29/2019	Legislation
Sales tax on alarm monitoring services	05/28/2019	Alarm monitoring services
Some local tax rates increasing	05/01/2019	Local sales tax
Sales and transfers of Firearms	04/29/2019	Remote sales of firearms
Nexus for click-through transactions will no longer apply, effective March 14, 2019	03/15/2019	Nexus
Legal settlements - Are they taxable?	03/04/2019	Legal settlements
Street obstruction and other use permits – leasehold excise tax	11/29/2018	Leasehold excise tax
Surcharges including tariffs	11/15/2018	Surcharges
Sales tax threshold for out-of-state businesses	10/11/2018	Sales threshold
Hedge fund management fees	08/22/2018	Hedge fund management fees
Businesses owe use tax on self-produced fuel	08/06/2018	Fuel
Grocery store prepared food vendors	07/20/2018	Grocery vendors
Cell phone data charges	05/30/2018	Cell phone
Glucose monitoring sensors	05/25/2018	Glucose
2018 Tax legislation	05/07/2018	Legislation
Seattle’s sweetened beverage tax	04/12/2018	Beverage
Bus lifts installed at public transportation maintenance facilities	03/27/2018	Bus lift
Medical tattoo services	03/06/2018	Tattoo
Agency and FASB Topic 606	03/01/2018	Accounting
Interim guidance statements	02/15/2018	Interim guidance statements

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