6665-S AMS HEWI S5076.1

SSB 6665 - S AMD 761

By Senator Hewitt

ADOPTED 03/03/2004

On page 9, beginning on line 25, strike all of section 9

Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

On page 15, after line 13, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 13. A new section is added to chapter 82.32 RCW to read as follows:

(1) Each person subject to section 1 of this act, holding a deferral certificate issued pursuant to section 5 of this act, or claiming an exemption under RCW 82.08.820 or 82.12.820 with respect to a cold storage warehouse, shall complete an annual survey. The survey is due by March 31st with respect to information for the previous year. The survey shall include the amount of sales tax deferred or refunded by remittance and the amount of business and occupation tax exempt under this act. The survey shall also include the following information for employment positions in Washington:

(a) The number of total employment positions;

(b) Full-time, part-time, and seasonal employment positions as a percent of total employment;

(c) The number of employment positions according to the following wage bands: Less than twenty thousand dollars; twenty thousand dollars or greater, but less than thirty thousand dollars; and thirty thousand dollars or greater. A wage band containing fewer than three individuals may be combined with another wage band; and

(d) The number of employment positions that have employer-provided medical, dental, and retirement benefits, by each of the wage bands.

The department may request additional information necessary to measure the results of these tax incentives, to be submitted at the same time as the survey.

(2) All information collected under this section, except the amount of sales tax deferred or refunded by remittance, is deemed taxpayer information under RCW 82.32.330 and is not disclosable. The amount of sales tax deferred or refunded by remittance is not subject to the confidentiality provisions of RCW 82.32.330 and may be disclosed to the public upon request, except that persons receiving a deferral or remittance of less than ten thousand dollars of sales tax during the period covered by the survey may request the department to treat the sales tax amount as confidential under RCW 82.32.330.

(3) The department shall use the information from subsection (1) of this section to prepare summary descriptive statistics by category. No fewer than three taxpayers shall be included in any category. The department shall report these statistics to the legislature each year by September 1st."

Renumber the remaining section consecutively.

SSB 6665 - S AMD 761

By Senator Hewitt

ADOPTED 03/03/2004

On page 1, line 4 of the title, after "82.04 RCW;" insert "adding a new section to chapter 82.32 RCW;"

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