Inslee, Democratic leaders put brakes on WA Cares payroll tax for long-term care
Approved by Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Jay Inslee in 2019, WA Cares is intended to be a social-insurance program to help people pay for care for themselves in old age or sickness. But concerns have popped up as the program gets under way.

...Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington Democratic legislative leaders Friday announced an agreement to delay the new WA Cares payroll tax on employees as they address concerns over the new long-term care program.

In a statement, Inslee said, “We need to give legislators the opportunity to make refinements” to the new program before it kicks in.

“Therefore, I am taking measures within my authority and ordering the state Employment Security Department not to collect the premiums from this program from employers before they come due in April,” Inslee said in the statement. “My actions mean that the state will not collect those funds until the Legislature sorts through these issues.”

During the pause, employers won’t incur penalties or interest for not withholding those taxes from worker wages, he added....

^ While I hate the fucking LTC tax, how do "Snake Inslee and Washington Democratic legislative leaders" just make a change like that? I mean, isn't it a law? How do they just change the law without passing a new law?

Because lying, cheating Democrats?

^ While I hate the fucking LTC tax, how do "Snake Inslee and Washington Democratic legislative leaders" just make a change like that? I mean, isn't it a law? How do they just change the law without passing a new law?

Because lying, cheating Democrats?

Exactly Steve, you know that they write the rules and break the ones they don’t like.
One more reason to get the fukk out of here.

There has been some inaccurate reporting and misinformation about the Legislature’s long-term care bill, which under the law requires employers to withhold money from employee wages.
Only the Legislature has the authority to eliminate that requirement. The Legislature has committed to changing the law in Jan. 2022, including delaying the premium collection timelines.
As I stated clearly earlier this week, I do have the ability to order the state Employment Security Department to refrain from collecting from those premiums from employers at this time, and I have done that.
As an employer, the state of Washington is following the law and will have to begin collecting money from state employee paychecks on Jan. 1st. Many other private employers are doing the same, and others are hoping that the Legislature will change the law.
However, if the Legislature fails to do so, employers will still be legally obligated to pay the full amount owed to state ESD to begin the long-term care program.
The Legislature will have an opportunity to fix their bill starting on Jan. 10 when they convene for the session. It is my hope that they will do that quickly to provide clarity to employees and employers.
I have considerable confidence that the Legislature will fix this problem.