||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS |||
San Juan County’s Treasurer’s Office is providing notice to local businesses of an upcoming increase to sales tax in San Jaun County. A 1/10th of 1% sales tax will be enacted on April 1, 2025, to support a new Cultural Access Program.
Businesses must collect the appropriate new rate of sales tax for retail sales and services provided within San Juan County. Persons or businesses within the County will be subject to the new rate of use tax on items purchased for their personal or business use if sales tax has not been paid. In advance of this increase, the Treasurer’s Office encourages businesses to update any sales tax automation systems or point-of-sale software to ensure accurate calculations.
Washington State’s Department of Revenue (DOR) no longer sends notifications regarding changes to taxes, but there are other ways to be proactive and stay up to date:
- Sign up for notifications from DOR here: https://public.
govdelivery.com/accounts/ WADOR/signup/17806 - Determine the proper codes and rates of local sales tax via the Tax Rate Lookup Tool: dor.wa.gov/TaxRateLookup
- Visit the DOR website to see the change notices, find collection schedules, and more: https://dor.wa.gov/
taxes-rates/sales-use-tax- rates
Background
During the December 10, 2024 Council meeting, the San Juan County Council passed an ordinance to approve a new 1/10th of 1% sales tax to create a Cultural Access program. During the meeting, the Council held a public hearing, deliberated, and passed as a councilmanic measure the proposed ordinance. San Juan County’s Cultural Access program will become the first program of its kind in a rural area of Washington State.
In the coming months, the County will work to develop the program, managed by the Parks and Fair Department, with the intent of processing grants in 2026. The tax will be enacted on April 1, 2025, in San Juan County.
To learn more about the program proposal, how funds will be spent, and more, visit the County’s website: https://www.sanjuancountywa.
Questions about sales tax? Contact San Juan County Treasurer Rhonda Pederson at rhondap@sanjuancountywa.gov or 360-370-7463 OR visit dor.wa.gov or call the Department of Revenue at 360-705-6705
Questions about the Cultural Access Program? Contact Parks and Fair Director Brandon Andrews at brandona@sanjuancountywa.
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Yep. As you noted, a “councilmanic” measure. More activist spending. STOP. Thx.