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<a href="mailto:candiceb@awcnet.org">Candice Bock</a>, <a href="mailto:andrewp@awcnet.org">Andrew Pittelkau</a> | Mar 18, 2019
<a target="_blank" href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1059&Year=2019&Initiative=false"><strong>2SHB 1059</strong></a> was amended and passed by the House and is awaiting action in the Senate Ways & Means Committee.
2SHB 1059 was amended and passed by the House and is awaiting action in the Senate Ways & Means Committee. The bill moves the deadline for annual filers of B&O tax from January 31 to April 15. The bill was amended to provide cities that have a B&O tax additional time to implement the change. Cities have until January 1, 2021 to change the reporting period.
The other amendment is a null and void clause requiring funding in the operating budget.
AWC is continuing to monitor the bill.
Dates to remember
The bill is scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday, March 19 in the Senate Ways & Means Committee at 3:30 pm.