Washington State passed legislation fully conforming to the national Streamlined Sales Tax (SST) project during the 2007 legislative session.

The SST project seeks to streamline sales tax laws and administration across the country.  The ultimate goal is to improve compliance by retailers and purchasers for reporting sales tax.  This has become even more important in light of the growing number of on-line purchases using the Internet.

Click here for legislative information related to enactment of SST in Washington.

Chapter 6, Laws of 2007 (SSB 5089) - Conforming Washington's tax structure to the streamlined sales and use tax agreement.

Streamlined Sales Tax and TeleCom Federal Legislation   12/22/05

This is a position paper authored by the local government associations regarding the bills being considered in Congress on Streamlined Sales Taxes.  While this position paper is a bit dated, it is still relevant as the policy positions of the national local government associations remains the same.

Streamlined Sales Tax Project Executive Summary

This summary was last updated by SST in January of 2005.  It is a bit out of date but is still a good summary of the project.  Refer to the SST web site (below) for updates.

Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board news and developments

Official SST website.

Streamlined Sales Tax frequently asked questions

From the National SST web site.