Closing your business tax account

Employers: If you want to close your tax account, you need to send us a form. You also need to submit final quarterly tax and wage reports.

How to close your account

  1. Complete the Business Change Form (PDF, 207.76 KB). If you are selling your business, also attach the sale document.

  2. Return the form and any documents in 1 of 3 ways:

    • Email: uifiles@esd.wa.gov.
    • Mail:
      Employment Security Department
      P.O. Box 9046
      Olympia, WA 98507-9046
    • Fax: 800-794-7657.

  3. Complete your final quarterly report within 10 days of closing your business tax account. Submit a final report even if you had no employees or no payroll in that quarter. Find instructions on how to file your quarterly report.

  4. Review and respond to notices if any of your former employees apply for unemployment benefits.

  5. Complete your final Paid Family and Medical Leave quarterly report. Go to the reporting instructions on the Paid Leave website.

For more information, read the guide to closing your business on the Small Business Guidance website.