Why was the reimbursement deduction used on my Washington return?

Overview

You have reviewed your WA return and found that the deduction type "Advancements Reimbursements Returns & Allow" was used and you would like to know why.

Environment

Avalara Returns

Washington

Resolution

• AvaTax automatically calculates and adds this deduction due to a local jurisdiction having a negative sales amount.
  • Both B&O and sales tax sections cannot report negative sales when filing the return on the WA website.
  • The total amount of the deduction should be the sum of all negative local amounts.
    • This amount is also added to the gross sales total to ensure that the tax amounts don't change and  that a negative sales amount is not reported on the Business and Occupation (B&O) page.