Does Washington B&O (excise) Tax Appear in Your TaxCloud Reporting?

Overview

If you file taxes in Washington, you may notice that your Business & Occupation (B&O) tax does not appear anywhere in your TaxCloud dashboard or Tax Reporting page.

This is expected.

TaxCloud files Washington taxes using two separate processes, and they display differently:

Sales & Use Tax – filed through the SST system and visible in your TaxCloud reporting.
B&O Tax – filed directly with Washington by our Direct File team and not visible in TaxCloud.

What You Will See in TaxCloud

Your TaxCloud Tax Reporting page includes:

Sales tax collected
Use tax collected

This page does not include:

Washington B&O tax
Any excise taxes
Any gross receipts–based taxes

How Washington Taxes Are Filed Through TaxCloud

Sales & Use Tax (SST Filing)

Filed electronically through the Streamlined Sales Tax (SST) system
Includes only sales and use tax
Fully visible in your TaxCloud account

B&O Tax (Direct File)

The B&O tax is an excise tax based on gross receipts
It is not part of the taxes remitted through the Streamlined Sales Tax (SST) system
It is filed separately by our Direct File team directly in the Washington Department of Revenue (DOR) portal
This filing contains only the B&O excise tax, not your sales tax amounts
Because this filing is not related to Sales & Use tax and is a separate from the filing being done for WA for Sales & Use tax, it does not appear in TaxCloud

Where to View Your B&O Filing

Since B&O is filed directly in the state system, you can view your B&O details by logging into:

➤ Washington Department of Revenue – MyDOR Portal

Is Anything Missing From My TaxCloud Reporting?

No.

Your TaxCloud reporting accurately reflects all sales and use tax data submitted to Washington via SST.

B&O is based on gross receipts sales & simply filed through a different system and shown only in your state portal.