# RCW 82.32.030: RCW 82.32.030: Registration certificates—Threshold levels—Central registration system > Washington · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S030 ## Section - **Citation:** RCW 82.32.030 - **Heading:** RCW 82.32.030: Registration certificates—Threshold levels—Central registration system - **Jurisdiction:** Washington - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Washington Code / Title 82 / Chapter 32 / Section 030 ## Text (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, if any person engages in any business or performs any act upon which a tax is imposed by the preceding chapters, he or she must, under such rules as the department prescribes, apply for and obtain from the department a registration certificate. Such registration certificate is personal and nontransferable and is valid as long as the taxpayer continues in business and pays the tax accrued to the state. In case business is transacted at two or more separate places by one taxpayer, a separate registration certificate for each place at which business is transacted with the public is required. Each certificate must be numbered and must show the name, residence, and place and character of business of the taxpayer and such other information as the department of revenue deems necessary and must be posted in a conspicuous place at the place of business for which it is issued. Where a place of business of the taxpayer is changed, the taxpayer must return to the department the existing certificate, and a new certificate will be issued for the new place of business. No person required to be registered under this section may engage in any business taxable hereunder without first being so registered. The department, by rule, may provide for the issuance of certificates of registration to temporary places of business. (2) Unless the person is a dealer as defined in RCW 9.41.010 , registration under this section is not required if the following conditions are met: (a) A person's value of products, gross proceeds of sales, or gross income of the business, from all business activities taxable under chapter 82.04 RCW, is less than twelve thousand dollars per year; (b) The person's gross income of the business from all activities taxable under chapter 82.16 RCW is less than twelve thousand dollars per year; (c) The person is not required to collect or pay to the department of revenue any other tax or fee that the department is authorized to collect; and (d) The person is not otherwise required to obtain a license subject to the business license application procedure provided in chapter 19.02 RCW. (3) All persons who agree to collect and remit sales and use tax to the department under the agreement must register through the central registration system authorized under the agreement. Persons required to register under subsection (1) of this section are not relieved of that requirement because of registration under this subsection (3). (4) Persons registered under subsection (3) of this section who are not required to register under subsection (1) of this section and who are not otherwise subject to the requirements of chapter 19.02 RCW are not subject to the fees imposed by the department under the authority of RCW 19.02.075 . ## Nearby sections - [RCW 82.32.010 RCW 82.32.010: Application of chapter stated.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S010.md) - [RCW 82.32.020 RCW 82.32.020: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S020.md) - [RCW 82.32.023 RCW 82.32.023: Definition of product for agreement purposes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S023.md) - [RCW 82.32.026 RCW 82.32.026: Registration—Seller's agent—Streamlined sales and use tax agreement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S026.md) - [RCW 82.32.030 RCW 82.32.030: Registration certificates—Threshold levels—Central registration system.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S030.md) - [RCW 82.32.033 RCW 82.32.033: Registration certificates—Special events—Promoter's duties—Penalties—Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S033.md) - [RCW 82.32.045 RCW 82.32.045: Taxes—When due and payable—Reporting periods—Verified annual returns—Relief from filing requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S045.md) - [RCW 82.32.050 RCW 82.32.050: Deficient tax or penalty payments—Notice—Interest—Limitations—Time extension or correction of an assessment during state of emergency.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S050.md) - [RCW 82.32.052 RCW 82.32.052: Interest and penalties—Waiver for amounts unpaid as of February 1, 2011.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S052.md) - [RCW 82.32.055 RCW 82.32.055: Interest and penalties—Waiver for military personnel.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S055.md) - [RCW 82.32.057 RCW 82.32.057: Application of interest to delinquent taxes—Extensions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S057.md) - [RCW 82.32.060 RCW 82.32.060: Excess payment of tax, penalty, or interest—Credit or refund—Payment of judgments for refund.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S060.md) - [RCW 82.32.062 RCW 82.32.062: Additional offset for excess payment of sales tax.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S062.md) - [RCW 82.32.065 RCW 82.32.065: Tax refund to consumer under new motor vehicle warranty laws—Credit or refund to new motor vehicle manufacturer.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S065.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T82_C32_S030. 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