Washington DOR Issues Notice on Lodging Charge Rate Change for Bellevue-Redmond Tourism Promotion Area

The Washington Department of Revenue (DOR) April 26 issued a notice on the Bellevue-Redmond Tourism Promotional Area’s (TPA) adoption of an ordinance to impose an excise tax assessment on lodging effective July 1. The TPA lodging charge is imposed at $2.50 per lodging unit per night of stay. The notice includes: 1) the definition of “lodging businesses” for the purpose of the charge; 2) a clarification that taxpayers with less than 40 lodging units, or those not within the boundaries of the TPA, don’t need to report the TPA charge; and 3) taxpayers can use the DOR’s online Tax Rate ...