Financial Crimes Come in All Shapes and Sizes: From Diamond Earrings to Paper Towels
Financial Crimes Come in All Shapes and Sizes: From Diamond Earrings to Paper Towels When people think of financial crimes in the workplace, they often imagine grand schemes—phony invoices for tens of thousands of dollars, [...]
Invoice Loophole Allowed Caltrain Employees to Build Hidden Apartments in Stations
June 2025 Financial Crimes California While this news may not pertain directly to our own state, it serves as a powerful reminder of the common "blind spots" that exist within small-scale operational spending across government [...]
Washington State Moves Toward Rulemaking on Paid Family and Medical Leave
On May 29, 2025, the Employment Security Department’s (ESD) Leave and Care Division filed a CR-101 Preproposal Statement of Inquiry, signaling its intent to develop new rules under Washington’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) [...]
Washington State’s Sales Tax Prepayment Requirement: What Large Retailers Need to Know
Washington State’s Sales Tax Prepayment Requirement: What Large Retailers Need to Know In a sweeping change to Washington State’s sales tax rules, a new prepayment requirement is set to impact larger businesses starting in 2027. [...]
Sales Tax and Business & Occupation Tax Changes – HB 2081 & SB 5814
HB 2081 New Tier for Service Providers: Service businesses with over $5 million in annual gross receipts will now pay a B&O tax rate of 2.1%, up from the previous 1.75% rate applied to those [...]
Governor Ferguson Signs Law Expanding Sales Tax and Raising B&O Rates to Boost State Revenue
Overview On May 21, 2025, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law a set of fiscal measures aimed at increasing state revenue through the expansion of the sales and use tax base and an increase [...]
