Washington compliance obligations database

Research complete. I collected authoritative Washington state resources and practical third-party guidance needed to build a comprehensive "Washington compliance obligations database" for US business owners and LLC founders.

Key categories captured: entity formation and maintenance (Secretary of State), state business licensing and UBI (Department of Revenue / Business Licensing Service), state taxes (B&O tax, filing frequencies), employer obligations (L&I workers' comp, ESD employer accounts, Paid Family & Medical Leave), annual reports and registered agent rules, environmental and industry permits (Ecology, DOH, Liquor & Cannabis), beneficial ownership reporting (FinCEN/BOI), local/city licensing (e.g., Seattle), and available machine-readable data/APIs (SOS CCFS, Data.gov corporations dataset).

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Research complete. I collected authoritative Washington state resources and practical third-party guidance needed to build a comprehensive "Washington compliance obligations database" for US business owners and LLC founders.

Key categories captured: entity formation and maintenance (Secretary of State), state business licensing and UBI (Department of Revenue / Business Licensing Service), state taxes (B&O tax, filing frequencies), employer obligations (L&I workers' comp, ESD employer accounts, Paid Family & Medical Leave), annual reports and registered agent rules, environmental and industry permits (Ecology, DOH, Liquor & Cannabis), beneficial ownership reporting (FinCEN/BOI), local/city licensing (e.g., Seattle), and available machine-readable data/APIs (SOS CCFS, Data.gov corporations dataset).

Next steps recommended: (

Build a compliance-obligations taxonomy (formation, state tax, employment, licensing & permits, reporting, local requirements, enforcement/penalties); (

Create a compliance calendar per obligation with filing frequency, due dates, and late-penalty notes; (

Link each obligation entry to the authoritative filing URL and machine-readable API/dataset if available; (

Draft the blog post, checklist, and newsletter content (with SEO meta, excerpt, and newsletter template). Below are the primary citations and verbatim excerpts used to support the findings.