Eastern Washington City Partner Workshop - June 11

Partners--

Those of you attending the Department of Revenue Local Government Meeting on June 11 in Pasco are invited to be part of the BLS city partner workshop. It's a chance to hear updates about coming changes and get tips to help you get the most out of the BLS partnership.

RSVP HERE by Friday, May 30


Business Licensing Service
Eastern Washington City Partner Workshop
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Wed., June 11.
TRAC Center
Pasco, WA

Systems Down Tonight

Partners,

Our BLS applications and DOR tax information will be down overnight. It's routine system maintenance as our IT team applies critical security patches.

Systems down:

8:00 p.m. Tuesday through 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 21st.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

New Requirement for BLS

Effective April, 2014, the business license will be held if a business applies as a domestic (Washington) entity that registers with The Office of the Secretary of State (SOS), profit corporations, LLC’s, nonprofit corporations etc. and they have not completed the SOS registration. In these cases the applicant will receive a request for information (RFI).

This change may cause concerns with your application summary (ARD). Some issues may include:

· Money being transferred to city accounts prior to getting the ARD

· ARDs reflecting $0.00

 

The money is still transferred to your account and reflects on your Account Financial Control Summary (AFCS). For reconciliation, compare the ARD to the AFCS that the money was received on.

We are aware of the issues this may cause, and are working on a solution.

BLS Renewal Change

Changing in June, Profit Corporation and LLC annual report notices and most business license renewal forms will be replaced with a letter instructing them to renew online. If a paper form is needed, there will be instructions in the letter on how to obtain one through an automated phone system. This is to increase online filings.

The new renewal letter will look like this:

Procurement Process Continues for Revenue’s Tax and License Systems Replacement

Revenue’s Tax and License Systems Replacement will continue in the procurement phase for the remainder of 2014.

 

Proposals for a comprehensive replacement solution were due on May 5. Revenue received just one bid.

We have decided to cancel the current procurement process for the project in order to seek more responses to the Request for Proposal (RFP).

We will now work with the vendor community to solicit feedback on our procurement and debrief before moving to submit a new RFP, which is anticipated this fall. The next proposal evaluations are planned for the end of 2014.

We will update you throughout the year as we progress with our procurement efforts.

If you have questions, please direct them to BLS Partnership Services.