Does anyone know if I need to be charging sales tax for city I service within Washington? Couldn’t find it on the website for wa department of revenue.
For window cleaning?
Oh yes sorry.
I am not familiar with sales tax in Washington, but here in California their is no sales tax on labor services like window cleaning.
I was talking with my wife’s stepfather (contractor) said I did but I can’t find anything that says I need to. Should I just check with an accountant?
I think I just found it. I do need to charge it if I am reading this right.
http://dor.wa.gov/content/findtaxesandrates/retailsalestax/#WhatExemp
We here in Washington are considered in the janitorial end of things so we don’t have to pay sales tax on window cleaning, but every other service you provide you will have to charge sales tax. Best thing you could do for your business is get a great book keeper there worth every penny.
Jason Leman
Crystal Clean Windows & More LLC
Oh thanks! I just read that out on their website. It’s just worded weird.
Thanks every one.
Geoff, when I talked to the state department they said that if you don’t take anything off site to clean or sell them anything there is no need for sales tax.
But If you were to take a window for repair or sell them new screens you would need to charge tax for those things.
Some of it seemed pretty confusing to me as well. Hope this may help clear things up if you hadn’t already.
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That’s how I read it after reading it a hundred times. Thanks for checking that out for me.
I called the State (WA) for 5 years in a row when I started and was told no cause “the state views window cleaning as house cleaning, which the state views as a non value added service”
We are filed as a janitoral company
Charge sales tax for everything else.
Off topic real quick:
Your just outside of Shoreline, Right?
Back on Topic: [COLOR=“#008080”] “the state views window cleaning as house cleaning, which the state views as a non value added service”[/COLOR] in most cases other than window cleaning, you must charge tax.
I have never said I am just outside of shoreline but yes pretty close. We have few jobs there a year. Shoreline is north of Seattle, I am east of seattle
Ok I thought you were closer sorry…I got a call for some window their (shoreline)…not worth it for me to travel from the East side of the mountains.
I can pass it on to a guy who is based out of there. Assuming they need it done quickly we are booked out too far
What??? CA doesn’t charge tax on something?? Maybe if they did they wouldn’t be bankrupt.
We do not collect sales tax for cleaning windows in Washington. RCW 82.04.050(2d) and WAC 458-20-172 
I agree with the others regarding window cleaning, and will add that if you provide a customer with multiple services (window & gutter cleaning) you need to invoice them separately. If you invoice them together you have to charge sales tax for both services.
