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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
COVID-19 Aumento de estafas para los contribuyentes	04/30/2020	Fraud
Sales of alcohol for sanitizing purposes	04/07/2020	Sanitizing alcohol
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
2019 Tax Legislation	05/29/2019	Legislation
Sales tax on alarm monitoring services	05/28/2019	Alarm monitoring services
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
Grocery store prepared food vendors	07/20/2018	Grocery vendors
2018 Tax legislation	05/07/2018	Legislation
Seattle’s sweetened beverage tax	04/12/2018	Beverage
Swimming pools	02/08/2018	Swimming pools
High technology sales and use tax deferral program	12/22/2017	High technology
Delivery charges	12/22/2017	Delivery charges
International investment management services – Fund distribution, fund administration, & related investment services (e.g., transfer agent services)	12/18/2017	International investment
Oregon vehicle use tax	12/08/2017	Vehicle
Adaptive housing for disabled veterans	11/03/2017	Veterans
Refunds - How to request a refund	09/18/2017	Refunds
Funding education	09/13/2017	Property tax
2017 Tax legislation	08/16/2017	Legislation
Bottled water - requesting a sales tax refund for exempt purchases	07/26/2017	Bottled water
Telecommunications relay service	06/06/2017	Telecommunications
Investments	06/02/2017	Investments
Core drilling and soil sampling	06/02/2017	Core drilling
Propane	05/15/2017	Propane
Portable self storage	05/10/2017	Self storage