What is Washington doing to prepare for SSUTA?
A. The Department of Revenue is educating businesses about the changes in the state’s tax system, particularly retailers affected by the shift to destination-based sales tax. The state of Washington will also provide direct assistance to some of those businesses in the form of free certified service provider services or a credit against taxes due. The Department had developed a credit mechanism to help eligible businesses switch to a new destination-based sales tax system, established a state/local committee to determine the amount of mitigation to provide to negatively affected local governments, accommodated tax returns filed by remote sellers, adopted new rules and amended others, and posted updates on our web site. The Department has been working with individual retailers and retailer organizations to make the transition from origin-based sales tax to destination-based sales tax as simple as possible.
The Department of Revenue is educating businesses about the changes in the state’s tax system, particularly retailers affected by the shift to destination-based sales tax. The state of Washington will also provide direct assistance to some of those businesses in the form of free certified service provider services or a credit against taxes due. The Department had developed a credit mechanism to help eligible businesses switch to a new destination-based sales tax system, established a state/local committee to determine the amount of mitigation to provide to negatively affected local governments, accommodated tax returns filed by remote sellers, adopted new rules and amended others, and posted updates on our web site. The Department has been working with individual retailers and retailer organizations to make the transition from origin-based sales tax to destination-based sales tax as simple as possible.
