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Washington State Expands Retail Sales Tax to New Services Starting October 2025

  • New business activities are added to retail sales tax in Washington State starting Oct. 1, 2025.
  • Services affected include advertising, live presentations, IT, custom website development, investigation, security, temporary staffing, and software sales.
  • Exclusions removed from digital automated services include human effort, live presentations, advertising, and data processing.
  • A new exclusion is created for telehealth and telemedicine services.

Source: dor.wa.gov

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.



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