Washington’s Emergency 988 Fee Increases

Andrew Decker
December 7, 2022

12/7/2022

Washington’s Statewide 988 behavioral health crisis response & suicide prevention line tax is scheduled to increase from $0.24 to $0.40 beginning January 1. The tax applies on every retail sale of a prepaid wireless service. The tax also applies on every switched access (wireline) line, radio access (wireless) line, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) line. The tax was first imposed beginning October 2021.

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Andrew Decker

Andrew Decker is a Senior Regulatroy Counsel at Sovos Compliance. Within Sovo’s Regulatory Analysis function, Andrew focuses on international VAT and GST issues and domestic sales tax issues. Andrew received a B.A. in Economics from Bates College and J.D. at Northeastern University School of Law. Andrew is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
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