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Bill would require written notice and documents to Department of Revenue for local tax rate changes
Summary
Senate Bill 5315 would require local governments to notify the Department of Revenue in writing, with a signed ordinance or resolution, legal description, map and list of parcel numbers, when changing local sales-and-use tax rates or when annexations affect taxation. The Department of Revenue and retail groups supported the measure as a
Senate Bill 5315, heard by the Local Government Committee, would standardize notifications that local governments must send to the Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR) when they change local sales-and-use tax rates, impose shared taxes administered by DOR, or when annexations or bond retirements affect local tax status.
Committee staff explained that while DOR currently receives notices under statute, the RCWs do not standardize the…
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