TPS-BLS

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Jan. 20, 2022 – The city of Woodland today is the newest local partner to join the Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS).

Home to 6,500 residents and hundreds of businesses, Woodland was founded in 1906 and has a rich agricultural history. Each spring, Woodland celebrates its Planter’s Day Festival. The celebration, which turns 100 this year, is the longest-running annual community festival in Washington state.

More than 20 communities in the Yakima Valley connect local license processes

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Feb. 3, 2022 – A wine-making Yakima Valley community is the newest partner of the state Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS).

Benton City, population 3,500, is in the heart of a rich viticultural region that produces world-renowned grape varietals, such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, in the nation’s second-largest wine-producing state.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Feb. 10, 2022 – The border city of Sumas today joins its Whatcom County neighbors in the state Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS).

Sumas will be joined by nearby Nooksack in March as the final two cities in the county to streamline service, allowing businesses to manage their state and local licenses in the same portal where they report state taxes.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – June 25, 2020 – The Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS) today welcomes the Whatcom County city of Ferndale as a local partner.

With BLS, businesses use online application and renewal processes to save time and trips to city hall. Businesses access the same secure portal to add a local license, such as a Ferndale General Business License, as they do to report state taxes.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – July 14, 2020 –Nicknamed “The Gateway to Recreation,” the city of Entiat today is the newest member of the Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS). Later this month, the city of Chelan also will join BLS, bringing all Chelan County cities together in the service.

The cities are boosting local commerce with a link to BLS, the state’s one-stop service that connects state and city licensing processes. The Lake Chelan Valley entertains more than 2 million people annually visiting resorts, wineries, parks and other attractions.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – July 21, 2020 – The city of Omak is joining the stampede of cities to join the state Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS).

OLYMPIA, Wash. –July 23, 2020 – The city of Lynden today joins its regional neighbors in the Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS).

The Whatcom County community of 15,000 residents is now linked to its Northwest Washington neighbors, including Bellingham, Blaine, and Ferndale, as it adds Revenue’s streamlined service for state and local licensing. Famous for its Dutch-inspired architecture and annual Raspberry Festival, Lynden is host to hundreds of businesses that will now save time with annual business license renewal processing.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Nov. 19, 2020 – The city of Colville will join the state Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS) today to improve its business service to local enterprise in the city of 5,000 residents.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Nov. 19, 2020 – Three is the magic number, as a trio of upper Yakima Valley municipalities are set to join the state Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS) this fall.

Revenue today welcomes the town of Naches on Highway 12 into its business licensing partnership.

Later this fall, the nearby town of Harrah, population 300, and the city of Tieton, population 1,200, also will add Revenue’s streamlined licensing service.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Dec. 3, 2020 – The state Department of Revenue today welcomes the city of White Salmon as the newest partner of the Business Licensing Service (BLS).

The Columbia Gorge city of White Salmon has become the 34^th city to join BLS in 2020. Revenue’s signature combined licensing service connects 149 cities across Washington with another 60 cities scheduled to join over the next two years.