16-07-053  

  • WSR 16-07-053
    PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
    DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
    [Filed March 14, 2016, 12:59 p.m.]
    Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 458-20-151 (Rule 151) Dentists and other health care providers, dental laboratories and dental technicians.
    Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 82.32.300 and 82.01.060(2).
    Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Rule 151 explains the application of business and occupation (B&O), retail sales, and use taxes to the business activities of dentists and other health care providers, dental laboratories, and dental technicians.
    The department is proposing to revise the rule to specifically provide taxability information for audiologists. Updating and some reorganization of the rule is proposed, as well as including the term "audiologists" in the revised title.
    Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
    Process for Developing New Rule: Parties interested in this rule making may contact the individual listed below. The public may also participate by providing written comments throughout this rule making or giving oral testimony at the public meeting or public hearing.
    Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. A preliminary draft of possible rule changes is available via the department's online Rules Agenda.
    Written comments may be submitted by mail and should be directed to Leslie Mullin, ITA Division, P.O. Box 47453, Olympia, WA 98504-7453, e-mail LeslieMu@dor.wa.gov.
    Written and oral comments will be accepted at the public meeting.
    Public Meeting Location: Capital Plaza Building, 4th Floor, Executive Conference Room, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA, on May 5, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. Call-in option can be provided upon request no later than three days before the meeting date.
    Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Mary Carol LaPalm, (360) 725-7499, or Renee Cosare, (360) 725-7514, no later than ten days before the meeting date. For hearing impaired please contact us via the Washington relay operator at (800) 833-6384.
    March 14, 2016
    Kevin Dixon
    Rules Coordinator