Washington State. Construction side work.
Washington State here. My husband is a licensed plumber and fixed a couple toilets at my work, for $500. We don't have our own plumbing company. My work asked him to complete a 1099. Since we don't have a plumbing business EIN, obviously his only option is to enter his personal SSN. Which is fine, we don't mind paying taxes on that income at all. My confusion arises because, as I understand, this type of professional service should be charged a 6.5% sales tax in Washington. If we charged it, we have no way of paying that tax to the state because we have no business. Do we just not charge the sales tax? I can't ant imagine the state will be happy with that. Also, we don't have a state income tax, so we never have to file a state return, only federal. Would this transaction require us to file a state return? Seems like enough hassle to just not charge them, but that's not ideal either. TIA for any advice!
