RCW 82.32.783
Reseller's permit—Contractor application.
(1)(a) Contractors seeking a new reseller permit or to renew or reinstate a reseller permit must apply to the department in a form and manner prescribed by the department.
(b) As part of the application, the contractor must report the total combined dollar amount of all purchases of materials and labor during the preceding twenty-four months for retail construction activity, wholesale construction activity, speculative building, public road construction, and government contracting. If the contractor was not engaged in business as a contractor during the preceding twenty-four months, the contractor may provide an estimate of the dollar amount of purchases of materials and labor for retail construction activity, wholesale construction activity, speculative building, public road construction, and government contracting during the twelve-month or twenty-four month period for which the reseller permit will be valid. The contractor must also report the percentage of its total dollar amount of actual or, if applicable, estimated material and labor purchases that was for retail and wholesale construction activity performed by the applicant.
(c) The department must use its best efforts to rule on applications within sixty days of receiving a complete application. If the department fails to rule on an application within sixty days of receiving a complete application, the taxpayer may either request a review as provided in subsection (6) of this section or resubmit the application. Nothing in this subsection may be construed as preventing the department from ruling on an application more than sixty days after the department received the application.
(d)(i) An application must be denied if:
(A) The department determines that the applicant is not entitled to make purchases at wholesale or is otherwise prohibited from using a reseller permit;
(B) The application contains any material misstatement;
(C) The application is incomplete; or
(D) Less than twenty-five percent of the taxpayer's total dollar amount of actual or, if applicable, estimated material and labor purchases as reported on the application is for retail and wholesale construction activity performed by the applicant. However, the department may approve an application not meeting the criteria in this subsection (1)(d)(i)(D) if the department is satisfied that approval is unlikely to jeopardize collection of the taxes due under this title.
(ii) The department may also deny an application if the department determines that denial would be in the best interest of collecting taxes due under this title.
(iii) The department's decision to approve or deny an application may be based on tax returns previously filed with the department by the applicant, a current or previous examination of the applicant's books and records by the department, information provided by the applicant in the master application and the reseller permit application, and other information available to the department.
(e) The department must refuse to accept an application to renew a reseller permit that is received more than ninety days before the expiration of the reseller permit.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the department may issue or renew a reseller permit for a contractor that has not applied for the permit or renewal of the permit if the department is satisfied that the contractor is entitled to make purchases at wholesale and that issuing or renewing the reseller permit is unlikely to jeopardize collection of sales taxes due under this title based on criteria established by the department by rule. Such criteria may include but is not limited to whether the taxpayer has a previous history of misusing resale certificates or reseller permits or there is any other indication that issuing or renewing the reseller permit would jeopardize collection of sales taxes due from the contractor.
(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this subsection:
(i) Except as provided in (a)(ii) of this subsection, until June 30, 2013, reseller permits issued, renewed, or reinstated under this section will be valid for a period of twelve months from the date of issuance, renewal, or reinstatement; and
(ii) Beginning July 1, 2013, reseller permits issued, renewed, or reinstated under this section will be valid for a period of twenty-four months from the date of issuance, renewal, or reinstatement. However, the department may issue, renew, or reinstate permits for a period of twenty-four months beginning July 1, 2011, if the department is satisfied in the same manner as set forth in subsection (2) of this section.
(b)(i) A reseller permit is no longer valid if the permit holder's certificate of registration is revoked, the permit holder's tax reporting account is closed by the department, or the permit holder otherwise ceases to engage in business.
(ii) The department may provide by rule for a uniform expiration date for reseller permits issued, renewed, or reinstated under this section, if the department determines that a uniform expiration date for reseller permits will improve administrative efficiency for the department. If the department adopts a uniform expiration date by rule, the department may extend or shorten the twelve or twenty-four month period provided in (a)(i) and (ii) of this subsection for a period not to exceed six months as necessary to conform the reseller permit to the uniform expiration date.
(4)(a) The department may revoke a contractor's reseller permit for any of the following reasons:
(i) The contractor used or allowed or caused its reseller permit to be used to purchase any item or service without payment of sales tax, but the contractor or other purchaser was not entitled to use the reseller permit for the purchase;
(ii) The department issued the reseller permit to the contractor in error;
(iii) The department determines that the contractor is no longer entitled to make purchases at wholesale; or
(iv) The department determines that revocation of the reseller permit would be in the best interest of collecting taxes due under this title.
(b) The notice of revocation must be in writing and is effective on the date specified in the revocation notice. The notice must also advise the contractor of its right to a review by the department.
(c) The department may refuse to reinstate a reseller permit revoked under (a)(i) of this subsection until all taxes, penalties, and interest due on any improperly purchased item or service have been paid in full. In the event a contractor whose reseller permit has been revoked under this subsection reorganizes, the new business resulting from the reorganization is not entitled to a reseller permit until all taxes, penalties, and interest due on any improperly purchased item or service have been paid in full.
(d) For purposes of this subsection, "reorganize" or "reorganization" means: (i) The transfer, however effected, of a majority of the assets of one business to another business where any of the persons having an interest in the ownership or management in the former business maintain an ownership or management interest in the new business, either directly or indirectly; (ii) a mere change in identity or form of ownership, however effected; or (iii) the new business is a mere continuation of the former business based on significant shared features such as owners, personnel, assets, or general business activity.
(5) The department may provide the public with access to reseller permit numbers on its website, including the name of the permit holder, the status of the reseller permit, the expiration date of the permit, and any other information that is disclosable under *RCW 82.32.330(3)(l).
(6) The department must provide by rule for the review of the department's decision to deny, revoke, or refuse to reinstate a reseller permit or the department's failure to rule on an application within the time prescribed in subsection (1)(a) of this section. Such review must be consistent with the requirements of chapter 34.05 RCW.
(7) As part of its continuing efforts to educate taxpayers on their sales and use tax responsibilities, the department will educate taxpayers on the appropriate use of a reseller permit or other documentation authorized under RCW 82.04.470 and the consequences of misusing such permits or other documentation.
(8) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Contractor" means a person whose primary business activity is as a contractor as defined in RCW 18.27.010 or an electrical contractor as defined in RCW 19.28.006.
(b) "Government contracting" means the activity described in RCW 82.04.190(6).
(c) "Public road construction" means the activity described in RCW 82.04.190(3).
(d) "Retail construction activity" means any activity defined as a retail sale in RCW 82.04.050(2) (b) or (c).
(e) "Speculative building" means the activities of a speculative builder as the term "speculative builder" is defined by rule of the department.
(f) "Wholesale construction activity" means labor and services rendered for persons who are not consumers in respect to real property, if such labor and services are expressly defined as a retail sale by RCW 82.04.050 when rendered to or for consumers. For purposes of this subsection (8)(f), "consumer" has the same meaning as in RCW 82.04.190.
[ 2010 c 112 § 3; 2009 c 563 § 202.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 82.32.330 was amended by 2010 c 106 § 104, changing subsection (3)(l) to subsection (3)(k).
Effective date—2010 c 112 §§ 2, 3, 11, 12, and 15: See note following RCW 82.32.780.
Retroactive application—2010 c 112: See note following RCW 82.32.780.
Finding—Intent—Construction—Effective date—Reports and recommendations—2009 c 563: See notes following RCW 82.32.780.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 82.32 - General Administrative Provisions.
82.32.010 - Application of chapter stated.
82.32.023 - Definition of product for agreement purposes.
82.32.026 - Registration—Seller's agent—Streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
82.32.030 - Registration certificates—Threshold levels—Central registration system.
82.32.033 - Registration certificates—Special events—Promoter's duties—Penalties—Definitions.
82.32.052 - Interest and penalties—Waiver for amounts unpaid as of February 1, 2011.
82.32.055 - Interest and penalties—Waiver for military personnel.
82.32.057 - Application of interest to delinquent taxes—Extensions.
82.32.062 - Additional offset for excess payment of sales tax.
82.32.085 - Electronic funds transfer—Generally.
82.32.087 - Direct pay permits.
82.32.090 - Late payment—Disregard of written instructions—Evasion—Penalties.
82.32.105 - Waiver or cancellation of penalties or interest—Rules.
82.32.110 - Examination of books or records—Subpoenas—Contempt of court.
82.32.117 - Application for court approval of subpoena prior to issuance—No notice required.
82.32.120 - Oaths and acknowledgments.
82.32.130 - Notice and orders—Service.
82.32.135 - Notice, assessment, other information—Electronic delivery.
82.32.140 - Taxpayer quitting business—Liability of successor.
82.32.150 - Contest of tax—Prepayment required—Restraining orders and injunctions barred.
82.32.160 - Correction of tax—Administrative procedure—Conference—Determination by department.
82.32.170 - Reduction of tax after payment—Petition—Conference—Determination by department.
82.32.180 - Court appeal—Procedure.
82.32.190 - Stay of collection pending suit—Interest.
82.32.200 - Stay of collection—Bond—Interest.
82.32.210 - Tax warrant—Filing—Lien—Effect.
82.32.212 - Tax warrant—Notice of lien.
82.32.215 - Revocation of certificate of registration.
82.32.220 - Execution of warrant—Levy upon property—Satisfaction.
82.32.230 - Agent of the department of revenue may execute.
82.32.237 - Notice and order to withhold and deliver—Continuing lien—Effective date.
82.32.240 - Tax constitutes debt to the state—Priority of lien.
82.32.245 - Search for and seizure of property—Warrant—Procedure.
82.32.260 - Payment condition to dissolution or withdrawal of corporation.
82.32.265 - Use of collection agencies to collect taxes outside the state.
82.32.270 - Accounting period prescribed.
82.32.280 - Tax declared additional.
82.32.290 - Unlawful acts—Penalties.
82.32.291 - Reseller permit—Unlawful use—Penalty—Rules.
82.32.300 - Department of revenue to administer—Chapters enforced by liquor and cannabis board.
82.32.310 - Immunity of officers, agents, etc., of the department of revenue acting in good faith.
82.32.330 - Disclosure of return or tax information.
82.32.340 - Chargeoff of uncollectible taxes—Destruction of files and records.
82.32.350 - Closing agreements authorized.
82.32.360 - Conclusive effect of agreements.
82.32.380 - Revenues to be deposited in general fund.
82.32.410 - Written determinations as precedents.
82.32.430 - Liability for tax rate calculation errors—Geographic information system.
82.32.440 - Project on sales and use tax exemption requirements.
82.32.470 - Transfer of sales and use tax on toll projects.
82.32.480 - Washington forest products commission—Disclosure of taxpayer information.
82.32.490 - Electronic database for use by mobile telecommunications service provider.
82.32.495 - Liability of mobile telecommunications service provider if no database provided.
82.32.500 - Determination of taxing jurisdiction for telecommunications services.
82.32.505 - Telecommunications services—Place of primary use.
82.32.510 - Scope of mobile telecommunications act—Identification of taxable and nontaxable charges.
82.32.515 - Applicability of telephone and telecommunications definitions.
82.32.520 - Sourcing of calls.
82.32.525 - Purchaser's cause of action for over-collected sales or use tax.
82.32.531 - Nexus—Trade convention attendance or participation.
82.32.532 - Digital products—Nexus.
82.32.533 - Digital products—Amnesty.
82.32.534 - Annual report requirement for tax preferences.
82.32.537 - Silicon smelters—Annual survey or report.
82.32.550 - "Commercial airplane," "component," and "superefficient airplane"—Definitions.
82.32.558 - Tax deferral—Eligible projects—Application.
82.32.559 - Tax deferral—Eligible projects—Deposit of funds.
82.32.580 - Sales and use tax deferral—Historic automobile museum.
82.32.590 - Annual tax performance reports—Failure to file.
82.32.600 - Annual tax performance reports—Electronic filing.
82.32.605 - Annual tax performance report—Hog fuel.
82.32.660 - Tax avoidance—Statutory application.
82.32.670 - Tax evasion by electronic means—Seizure and forfeiture.
82.32.680 - Tax evasion by electronic means—Search and seizure.
82.32.700 - Administration of the sales and use tax for hospital benefit zones.
82.32.715 - Monetary allowances—Streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
82.32.720 - Vendor compensation—Streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
82.32.725 - Amnesty—Streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
82.32.730 - Sourcing—Streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
82.32.740 - Taxability matrix—Liability—Streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
82.32.750 - Purchaser liability—Penalty—Streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
82.32.765 - Local revitalization financing—Reporting requirements.
82.32.770 - Sourcing compliance—Taxpayer relief—Collection and remittance errors.
82.32.780 - Reseller's permit—Taxpayer application.
82.32.783 - Reseller's permit—Contractor application.
82.32.784 - Reseller's permit—Information required.
82.32.785 - Reseller's permit—Voluntary electronic verification.
82.32.787 - Reseller's permit—Request for copies.
82.32.805 - Tax preferences—Expiration dates.
82.32.808 - Tax preferences—Performance statement requirement.
82.32.850 - Significant commercial airplane manufacturing—Tax preference—Contingent effective date.
82.32.860 - Liquefied natural gas—Estimated sales tax revenue.
82.32.865 - Nonresident vessel permit.