All Washington Resale Certificates expire on December 31, 2009. You must now apply for a Reseller’s Permit. The Washington Department of Revenue has the application available at http://dor.wa.gov/docs/forms/misc/appwastateresellerpermit.pdf
If you are a retailer, you can not honor the old Resale Certificate after December 31, 2009. Your customers must have a Reseller’s Permit in order for you to disregard sales tax on their purchase.
December 18, 2009
Reseller’s Permit
August 13, 2009
Washington State Resale Certificates
Washington is discontinuing resale certificates. To be replaced with a Reseller’s Permit. The permit must be applied for at the state. Applications will be available in September. Follow this link for the news http://dor.wa.gov/Content/FindTaxesAndRates/RetailSalesTax/ResellerPermit/default.aspx Some businesses will be automatically sent new reseller’s permits in September. Others will need to apply for it. The old resale certificates expire the end of 2009.