EXPEDITED RULES
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 458-20-270 Telephone program excise tax rates, this rule
determines the rates for the taxes imposed on switched access
lines pursuant to RCW 43.20A.725 and 80.36.430.
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Gilbert Brewer, Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 47453, Olympia, WA 98504-7453, fax (360) 586-5543, e-mail gilb@dor.wa.gov , AND RECEIVED BY August 22, 2005.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: WAC 458-20-270 is being adopted by emergency rule because it must take effect by July 1, 2005. This proposal would adopt a permanent rule that would determine the tax rates for the fiscal year. No change in the actual tax rates is being proposed.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Under RCW 43.20A.725 and 80.36.430, the department is required to annually determine the tax rates imposed on switched access lines to fund the telephone relay service program and the Washington telephone assistance program. Each tax rate is determined by dividing the respective program budgets by the number of switched access lines reported to the department in the prior calendar year. The department retains no discretion in the determination of these tax rates, the amount of which is explicitly dictated by the statutory formulas and inputs provided to the department.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 82.32.300 and 82.01.060(2).
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 43.20A.725 and 80.36.430.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Department of Revenue, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Gilbert Brewer, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Suite #544, Olympia, WA, (360) 570-6133; Implementation: Alan R. Lynn, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Suite #544, Olympia, WA, (360) 570-6125; and Enforcement: Janis P. Bianchi, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Suite #544, Olympia, WA, (360) 570-6131.
June 21, 2005
Alan R. Lynn
Rules Coordinator
OTS-8160.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 458-20-270
Telephone program excise tax rates.
RCW 82.72.020 requires the department of revenue (department) to
collect certain telephone program excise taxes. Those taxes
include the tax on switched access lines imposed by RCW 43.20A.725 (telephone relay service -- TRS) and 80.36.430
(Washington telephone assistance program -- WTAP). Pursuant to
those statutes, the department must annually determine the
rate of each respective tax according to the statutory
formulas.
For the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, the monthly telephone program excise tax rates are as follows:
| TRS | 10 cents per switched access line | |
| WTAP | 14 cents per switched access line |
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