Revenue completes five-year plan to engage eligible local licensing programs OLYMPIA, Wash. – Dec. 8, 2022 – The Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS) today wraps up its local government partnerships by adding the city of Wapato to its …
Items include gold, jewelry, and collectibles OLYMPIA, Wash. – Nov. 10, 2022 – Collectible coins, gold and silver jewelry, artwork, sports memorabilia, and more. The Department of Revenue, in conjunction with James G. Murphy Co., will auction the contents …
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Nov. 10, 2022 – The Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS) today welcomes the city of Selah to its combined licensing partnership. Selah joins more than 20 Yakima Valley communities in this vital agricultural region that …
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Oct. 27, 2022 – The city of Asotin today is the newest partner of the Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS). With a population of 1,200 residents, Asotin is just south of Clarkston, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho on the …
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Oct. 13, 2022 – The Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS) today adds the city of Morton in Lewis County to its popular combined licensing solution. Morton is the final city in southwest Washington slated to join the …
Revenue’s solution links commerce for most central Puget Sound suburbs OLYMPIA, Wash. – Sept. 15, 2022 – The growing suburb of Auburn is today the newest partner of the Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS). BLS is the state’s premiere …
Growth spurred by construction, building materials, garden equipment and supplies OLYMPIA, Wash. – Aug. 23, 2022 –– After strong gains in 2021, taxable retail sales once again continued to increase in the first quarter of 2022 over the same period in 2021, …
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Aug. 11, 2022 – The Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service is adding two more Lewis County cities to its local licensing partnership. Mossyrock joins today. And, when Morton joins on October 13, all Southwest Washington cities …
Elmer City, Nespelem, Pateros are final local licensing partnerships in region OLYMPIA, Wash. – July 14, 2022 – A trio of North Central Washington communities will join Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS) this summer to streamline application, …
Many industries see major gains in 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – June 9, 2022 –– After a slight decline in 2020, the state’s taxable retail sales showed major gains in 2021, reaching $210.4 billion – a 17.9% increase over 2020. Retail trade, a subset of all …
All cities in northeast Washington now partner with the Business Licensing Service OLYMPIA, Wash. – May 19, 2022 – A pair of cities on the upper Columbia River are the next two local partners to join the Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service ( …
National Unclaimed Property Day is Feb. 1 OLYMPIA, Wash. - January 31, 2022 - Nearly 33 million people in the United States have money out there just waiting to be claimed – and there’s a good chance you could be one of them. It takes less than 30 seconds …
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Jan. 26, 2022 – The owner of a Bellevue flower and gift shop has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service and ordered to pay a total of $97,858 to the state for stealing sales tax. Olivia Payment, co-owner of Flowers for the People …
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Dec. 7, 2021 –– The second quarter of 2021 saw a sizable increase in taxable retail sales across the state over second quarter 2020, reaching $53.7 billion, thanks to strong sales in new and used automobiles and increasing construction …
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Sept. 1, 2021 – The first quarter of 2021 saw a rebound in taxable retail sales across the state over first quarter 2020, reaching $46 billion, thanks to strong sales in new and used automobiles and a healthy upswing in construction. …
‘It’s easy and it’s definitely the way to go’ OLYMPIA, Wash. – July 15, 2021 – The Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS) today welcomes the city of Bremerton as the 175th partner of the combined licensing one-stop solution serving more …
Pandemic causes many industries to struggle, others to continue growth OLYMPIA, Wash. – July 13, 2021 – With many major industries struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington’s taxable retail sales dipped -1.5% in 2020 from the previous year, …
Improvements mean more benefits for businesses, cities OLYMPIA, Wash. – May 12, 2021 – The Washington State Department of Revenue has earned a national award for its efforts to connect more cities, towns, and businesses to the state’s Business Licensing …
OLYMPIA, Wash. – May 3, 2021 – The Washington State Department of Revenue recently launched a new Unclaimed Property website –with features that make reporting and claiming lost property quicker and easier. Since launch, visitors looking for unclaimed …
OLYMPIA, Wash. – March 18, 2021 – The hometown of Microsoft and thousands of other Washington businesses today became the newest partner of the Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS). Redmond is connecting its nearly 6,000 business …
