WSR 13-20-075

INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT

[Filed September 27, 2013, 3:26 p.m.]

The department of revenue has issued the following excise tax advisory (ETA):

This ETA 3181 clarifies when a taxpayer qualifies as a paymaster able to exclude amounts received to pay the employer obligations of its clients from gross income. This guidance also illustrates the difference between a paymaster that is also an employer of record and a taxpayer who is engaged in the business of selling labor or services performed by its own employees.

This ETA also refers readers to the department's web site for additional information regarding ESSB 5882 (chapter 13, Laws of 2013 2nd sp. sess.), which provides a deduction for certain amounts received from an affiliated business by a "qualified employer of record" engaged in providing services to that affiliated business.

A copy of this document is available via the internet at Recent Rule and Interpretive Statements, Adoptions, and Repeals.

Alan R. Lynn

Assistant Director

Interpretation and

Technical Advice Division