Starting October 1: Some business services are now subject to retail sales tax, as required by state law, ESSB 5814. When you buy these services, vendors should add sales tax to your bill. If you sell these services, you should begin collecting retail sales tax. Learn more about Services newly subject to retail sales tax.
Publishing your Rule 100 decision
Publishing criteria
A determination may be published when all of the following criteria are met:
- The decision is a well-reasoned application of the law to a specific set of facts.
- The decision addresses only the law and facts necessary to resolve this case.
- The decision is needed to:
- Provide guidance on a previously unaddressed area of the law, and to articulate the Department’s current policy;
- Apply the law to a significantly different set of facts;
- Overrule a published determination; or
- Provide a better or more current articulation on how the law should be interpreted.
- The decision can be effectively sanitized, or the taxpayer will grant a waiver of the secrecy clause.
Request publication
You may request that your decision be published if it meets the criteria above.
Search published decisions
You may search for Washington Tax Decisions (WTDs) using Taxpedia, the Department's online tax research tool.