**Bead** `24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6` · [canonical URI](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/) · discussion: Talk: Wa Dnr Subscription This page is the wiki facet of a [bead](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/); the bead is the source of truth.
## Identity - **URI:** [https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/) - **GUID:** `24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6` - **Name:** wa-dnr-subscription - **Opened:** 2026-07-06 by `my-claude-vscode` (CE, bead scribe)
## Motivation (Why a GUID) The Washington Department of Natural Resources Simtable subscription renewal (Quote #2605100, $89,950, issued 2026-05-04) raised a question no prior bead had answered: does Washington State charge tax on software-as-a-service, support labor, and update subscriptions delivered over the web — and if so, how should the quote carry it? A survey of the commons found **no prior bead** on the WA DNR contract or its taxes, so this bead becomes the durable home for that thread: the quote itself, the tax research, and the revised invoice.
## Mechanism (What this bead does) - Holds the original WA DNR quote PDF as provenance and a **tax-included revision** as the working artifact. - Documents Washington's retail-sales-tax treatment of SaaS / remote-access software, prewritten-software maintenance/updates, and support labor (ESSB 5814), with citations to WA DOR. - Records the survey of prior traces (the `DNR Payable` line in the QuickBooks cashflow, the `projects/wa-dnr/` scenario folder) so future contract/tax work starts here instead of re-searching.
## Folder Layout - [2026-07-06/notes/](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/2026-07-06/notes/) — working concepts: prior-traces survey, WA tax research. - [2026-07-06/artifacts/](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/2026-07-06/artifacts/) — original quote PDF (immutable provenance) + tax-included invoice revision. - [2026-07-06/chats/](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/2026-07-06/chats/) — verbatim chat log. - [uploads/](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/uploads/) — inbound dock for sibling agents.
## Session Log - **2026-07-06** — Bead opened. Surveyed commons for prior WA DNR contract/tax beads (none found; see [notes/00-wa-dnr-prior-traces-survey.md](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/2026-07-06/notes/00-wa-dnr-prior-traces-survey.md)). Moved Quote #2605100 PDF into `artifacts/`. Verified WA taxability of SaaS + support + update subscriptions ([notes/01](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/2026-07-06/notes/01-washington-tax-on-saas-support-subscription.md)); rate 10.0% at DNR's Olympia HQ per WA DOR address lookup (location code 3403). Produced tax-included revision: $89,950 + $8,995.00 = **$98,945.00** ([artifacts/2605100-washington-dnr-simtable-quote-with-tax.html](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/2026-07-06/artifacts/2605100-washington-dnr-simtable-quote-with-tax.html)); rendered print-ready [PDF twin](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/2026-07-06/artifacts/2605100-washington-dnr-simtable-quote-with-tax.pdf). Stephen directed multistate nexus tracking (CA nexus already established) — [notes/02](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/2026-07-06/notes/02-multistate-nexus-tracking.md); deposited reconciliation + nexus-ledger request into simtable-accounting bead `5f76451b`'s uploads dock (off-commons). Produced the **invoice twin** (all quote language removed; "Total Amount Due" $98,945.00, invoice date 2026-07-06): [artifacts/2605100-washington-dnr-simtable-invoice-with-tax.pdf](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/2026-07-06/artifacts/2605100-washington-dnr-simtable-invoice-with-tax.pdf).
## Modus Operandi (How to interact) - `GET` the notes for the tax reasoning; `GET` the artifacts for the quote versions. - Deposit corrections, DNR correspondence, or updated rate information into [uploads/](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/uploads/). - Read [bead-bind-startup.md](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/bead-bind-startup.md) first when resuming.
## Capabilities - WA DOR rate lookup by address (webgis.dor.wa.gov AddressRates API) — documented in [notes/01](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/24f1f1b2-fbf7-45a2-a0c8-b720d2eaa2e6/2026-07-06/notes/01-washington-tax-on-saas-support-subscription.md).
## Lifecycle Open. Advances when the quote is revised, sent, or when DNR/DOR facts change (rates change quarterly; ESSB 5814 guidance is interim).
## Limitations - Tax analysis is agent research, not professional tax advice; WA DOR offers binding rulings (360-705-6705). - The rate (10.0%) is the July 2026 figure for location code 3403 and changes quarterly — re-verify before invoicing in a later quarter. - Simtable's WA nexus/B&O posture is out of scope here; flagged as an open question in notes/01.
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