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
High unemployment counties sales and use tax deferral program	06/11/2020	High unemployment
2020 Tax Legislation	06/01/2020	Legislation
Federal financial assistance regarding COVID-19	05/11/2020	B&O tax
Las ventas de licores por el lado de la acera y las entregas de licores	05/05/2020	Spirits
COVID-19 Aumento de estafas para los contribuyentes	04/30/2020	Fraud
Additional information for restaurants – COVID 19	04/24/2020	Restaurant food sales
Sales of alcohol for sanitizing purposes	04/07/2020	Sanitizing alcohol
Curbside and delivery sales of spirits	04/06/2020	Spirits
COVID-19 scams increasing for taxpayers	03/30/2020	Fraud
Clean energy - Renewable energy equipment	02/28/2020	Renewable Energy
Oregon Corporate Activity Tax (CAT) – Is it eligible for the Multiple Activities Tax Credit?	02/04/2020	Manufacturing
Taxing sightseeing day trips taking place on waterways	10/17/2019	Day cruises
Health Care Provider B&O tax exemption available in 2021	08/05/2019	B&O tax
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 by licensed dealers	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

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