One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements. Required once gross income reaches $12,000 a year, you collect sales tax, hire, or use a trade name. Washington has no state income tax; the B&O tax is paid on the excise tax return, monthly, quarterly or yearly as the Department assigns.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 2 of 6: Register for tax
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Washington Department of Revenue, Business Licensing Service.
Sources and dates
WAC 458-02-200 (Business Licensing Service fees); Department of Revenue apply for a business license and tax registration pages. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
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Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Yes. One application does the state registration: it opens the Department of Revenue excise tax account for retail sales tax and the business and occupation tax on gross receipts, opens the unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation accounts when you say you will hire within 90 days, and carries the city endorsements.
Washington Department of Revenue, Business Licensing Service.
Step 2 of 6, register for tax. The steps before it: set up the business.
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