| Passed by the House April 24, 2003 Yeas 91 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 14, 2003 Yeas 46 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1858 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. CYNTHIA ZEHNDER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved May 16, 2003. GARY LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 16, 2003 - 4:31 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 02/12/2003. Referred to Committee on Finance.
AN ACT Relating to the taxation of persons providing chemical dependency services certified by the department of social and health services; amending RCW 82.04.290; and adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 82.04 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of
providing intensive inpatient or recovery house residential treatment
services for chemical dependency, certified by the department of social
and health services, for which payment from the United States or any
instrumentality thereof or from the state of Washington or any
municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof is received as
compensation for or to support those services; as to such persons the
amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross
income from such services multiplied by the rate of 0.484 percent.
(2) If the persons described in subsection (1) of this section
receive income from sources other than those described in subsection
(1)
of this section or provide services other than those named in
subsection (1) of this section, that income and those services are
subject to tax as otherwise provided in this chapter.
Sec. 2 RCW 82.04.290 and 2001 1st sp.s. c 9 s 6 are each amended
to read as follows:
(1) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of
providing international investment management services, as to such
persons, the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal
to the gross income or gross proceeds of sales of the business
multiplied by a rate of 0.275 percent.
(2) Upon every person engaging within this state in any business
activity other than or in addition to those enumerated in RCW
82.04.230, 82.04.240, 82.04.250, 82.04.255, 82.04.260, 82.04.270,
82.04.298, 82.04.2905, 82.04.280, 82.04.2907, ((and)) 82.04.272, and
section 1 of this act, and subsection (1) of this section; as to such
persons the amount of tax on account of such activities shall be equal
to the gross income of the business multiplied by the rate of 1.5
percent.
This section includes, among others, and without limiting the scope
hereof (whether or not title to materials used in the performance of
such business passes to another by accession, confusion or other than
by outright sale), persons engaged in the business of rendering any
type of service which does not constitute a "sale at retail" or a "sale
at wholesale." The value of advertising, demonstration, and
promotional supplies and materials furnished to an agent by his
principal or supplier to be used for informational, educational and
promotional purposes shall not be considered a part of the agent's
remuneration or commission and shall not be subject to taxation under
this section.