Explanation

History

Effective October 1, 2025 providers of IT Services in Washington State became required to report income under the Business & Occupation tax per ESSB 5814. Updates to the law continue to emerge. I wasn’t aware of the law until July 2026. OlympusNet likely is subject to the tax, but owing to ambiguities in the law, there’s a chance that we’re not. We’ll start collecting the tax effective 2026-08-01 while continuing to clarify our tax obligations.
Ned Schumann, CEO, 2026-08-01

Invoice Format Version 1

Following is an early example of the invoice which reflects taxes owed by those with Washington State addresses. The entry ‘1400 -> Location Id (10%)’ under ‘Sales Tax Breakdown’ is not formatted in a meaningful way. There are other formatting errors, all of which will be fixed in the future. A customer address is assigned to a tax ‘Location Id’. The tax is the sum of the local sales tax plus Washington State’s retail sales tax.