PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: December 29, 1999.
Purpose: To create a new rule by converting existing policy as a result of Governor Locke's Executive Order 97-02 and numbered as WAC 192-340-010 Field audit expansion.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-23-094 on November 17, 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
January 31, 2000
Carver Gayton
Commissioner
Chapter 192-340-WACAudits and Technical Assistance
NEW SECTION
WAC 192-340-010
Field audit expansion.
The department's audit expansion requirements are as follows:
(1) If underreported or overreported wages for employees originally reported and/or new workers are discovered in the audit year, the department may expand to subsequent year(s). Subsequent year(s) and/or quarter(s) means up to the most recently completed calendar quarters where the tax and wages are reported.
(2) When the department feels there are facts that indicate that the employer has made a conscious effort to avoid taxation, the audit period may be expanded within statutory limitations.
(3) In the post audit interview, it is the responsibility of the department to ensure that audit exceptions are discussed and future reporting requirements are understood by the entity being audited.
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