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How Do You Opt Out of Washington State's Long Term Care Tax - YouTube
Channel: Avier Wealth Advisors
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on october 1st the window opened to opt
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out of the washington state long-term
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care tax so if you purchase a private
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long-term care policy through your
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employer or directly through an
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insurance provider you should really
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start this exemption process soon the
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website has seen a lot of visitors in
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traffic lately so we recommend going
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during off-peak hours such as the early
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morning or on the weekends
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we created this step-by-step guide to
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help walk you through the exemption
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so the first step is to sign up for the
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washington cares act um going to the
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secureaccess.wa.gov website and clicking
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the sign up button now on the signup
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you'll have to create your own user id
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password as well as provide your email
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address
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the state will send a verification link
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to the email address provided you will
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need to verify your address before
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clicking and logging in on the website
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after you log in you're going to click
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add a new service it will take you to
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the next screen where you would like to
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browse a list of services it should say
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a to z
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everything is in alphabetical order so
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just scroll down to find the paid family
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and medical leave section
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once you find it go ahead and click the
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green apply button it will take you to
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the next screen where you'll have to
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click the access now
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just go through and click continue
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on the next screen you'll be able to
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scroll down and see the wa cares
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exemption section
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here you're going to click create an
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account
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the screen will bring you to
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the personal information screen you'll
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put your names your security number home
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address
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all kind of identifying information
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and after you submit it it will create a
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unique customer id for you
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go ahead and click the home i home
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button after you get your customer id
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and then it will bring you to the my wa
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cares exemption go ahead and click apply
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for an exemption
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here you'll have your attestation where
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you put in your age and you will also
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want to check box all five of these
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items to say that you're at least 18
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that you have a long-term care insurance
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policy that you want to opt out of the
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washing cares program and also that you
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understand that if you are approved you
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will never be eligible for this program
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and that the
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state has the
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information and they can verify it
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or request additional information for
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you
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go ahead and click next
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and here is where you're going to upload
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your proof of identity
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so you can include your driver's license
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your passport or your residency card
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go ahead and click choose file to upload
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that document
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next it will show you that your
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application has been confirmed
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you can click the home button to see the
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status of your application
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here just shows that it's submitted and
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we haven't seen this next step yet
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everyone's has been submitted
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but eventually your application status
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should then move to approved
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and at this time you'll get this
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exemption approval letter
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it's really important that you keep a
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copy of this letter because you have to
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provide it to all your current as well
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as any future washington state employers
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if you do not provide this letter to
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your employers
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the state will withhold taxes on your
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pay stub and those
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those are not
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refundable if you you know delayed
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giving the employer your
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exemption letter now if you have any
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questions on this
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the exemption or long-term care tax in
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the state of washington please feel free
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to reach out to aviar thank you
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