(1) A home service provider is responsible for obtaining
and maintaining information regarding the customer's place of
primary use as defined in RCW 82.04.065. Subject to RCW 82.32.500, and if the home service provider's reliance on
information provided by its customer is in good faith, a taxing
jurisdiction shall:
(a) Allow a home service provider to rely on the applicable
residential or business street address supplied by the home
service provider's customer; and
(b) Not hold a mobile telecommunications service provider
liable for any additional taxes, charges, or fees based on a
different determination of the place of primary use.
(2) Except as provided in RCW 82.32.500, a taxing
jurisdiction shall allow a home service provider to treat the
address used by the home service provider for tax purposes for
any customer under a service contract or agreement in effect on
August 1, 2002, as that customer's place of primary use for the
remaining term of the service contract or agreement, excluding
any extension or renewal of the service contract or agreement,
for purposes of determining the taxing jurisdictions to which
taxes, charges, or fees on charges for mobile telecommunications
services are remitted.
[2002 c 67 § 14.]
NOTES:
Finding -- Effective date -- 2002 c 67: See notes following RCW 82.04.530.