WAC 458-20-270: Telephone program excise tax rates.

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WACs > Title 458 > Chapter 458-20 > Section 458-20-270

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WAC 458-20-270	Agency filings affecting this section
Telephone program excise tax rates.

RCW 82.72.020 requires the department of revenue (department) to collect certain telephone program excise taxes. Those taxes include the tax on switched access lines imposed by RCW 43.20A.725 (telephone relay service -- TRS) and 80.36.430 (Washington telephone assistance program -- WTAP). Pursuant to those statutes, the department must annually determine the rate of each respective tax according to the statutory formulas.

The monthly telephone program excise tax rates per switched access line are as follows:

Period	TRS Rate	WTAP Rate
7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009	12 cents	13 cents
7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010	11 cents	13 cents
7/1/2010 - 6/30/2011	19 cents	14 cents
7/1/2011 - 6/30/2012	19 cents	14 cents
7/1/2012 - 6/30/2013	17 cents	14 cents

[Statutory Authority: RCW 82.32.300, 82.01.060(2),43.20A.725 , and 80.36.430. 12-14-039, § 458-20-270, filed 6/27/12, effective 7/28/12; 11-13-110, § 458-20-270, filed 6/21/11, effective 7/22/11; 10-14-032, § 458-20-270, filed 6/28/10, effective 7/29/10; 09-14-037, § 458-20-270, filed 6/24/09, effective 7/25/09; 08-16-054, § 458-20-270, filed 7/30/08, effective 8/30/08; 07-17-110, § 458-20-270, filed 8/17/07, effective 9/17/07; 06-16-137, § 458-20-270, filed 8/2/06, effective 9/2/06; 05-18-017, § 458-20-270, filed 8/26/05, effective 9/26/05.]