Washington CPA — Yakima
CPA services for Yakima, WA — remote, licensed, and fluent in agricultural accounting.
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Who it's for
Built for Yakima.
Yakima's agricultural economy shapes who we work with here:
- Orchard, vineyard, and farm operations navigating Washington's agricultural B&O exemptions and seasonal payroll
- Agricultural processors — packing, cold storage, and processing businesses that may qualify for preferential B&O rates
- Small businesses filing Yakima's per-employee license fee who want to understand it isn't a gross-receipts tax
- Yakima Valley freelancers and consultants who want a fixed-fee consultation instead of a seasonal preparer
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Book ConsultationWhy remote works here
Why Yakima clients work with us remotely.
Yakima's agricultural economy has tax questions that a generalist, west-side-focused accountant just doesn't see very often — seasonal payroll, agricultural B&O exemptions, and processing classifications aren't things you pick up preparing tech-employee returns. We serve Yakima the same way we serve every city on this list — remotely, through a secure portal, under the same Washington State Licensed CPA credential — with real experience in agricultural accounting.
No Yakima office to drive to, which tends to suit a client base whose busy season runs opposite most accountants' — harvest doesn't wait for anyone's office hours.
The tax landscape
Yakima has no city B&O tax — but Washington treats agriculture differently
Yakima does not impose a general gross-receipts city B&O tax. Instead, the city charges an annual per-employee business license fee under Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 5.52 — $45 for one to two employees, and $45 plus $15 per additional employee for three or more, capped at $1,770 at 120 or more employees. Sole proprietors and self-employed individuals with gross income of $12,000 a year or less owe $0, as do 501(c) nonprofits. This is a flat, employee-count-based fee, not a percentage of revenue — genuinely different from Seattle's or Bellevue's city B&O systems.
What makes a Yakima-area business genuinely different is how Washington's state B&O tax treats agriculture. A farmer's wholesale sales of products they grew, raised, or produced themselves are exempt from B&O tax entirely under state law. Washington also provides preferential manufacturing B&O rates for specific agricultural processing activities — including grain milling, dried-pea processing, fruit and vegetable canning, freezing, and dehydrating, dairy processing, meat slaughtering and processing, and seafood processing — plus a preferential classification for agricultural cold-storage warehousing. None of this is Yakima-specific; it applies statewide. But it is disproportionately relevant here, in the middle of one of the state's biggest agricultural economies.
For a Yakima business that doesn't qualify for an agricultural exemption or preferential rate, standard state B&O still applies: 0.471% for retailing, 0.484% for wholesaling and manufacturing, and the tiered Service & Other rate effective October 1, 2025 — 1.5% under $1 million in gross income, 1.75% up to $5 million, 2.1% above that. Getting the classification right — a farmer's own sales versus a purchased-and-resold product, for instance, or straightforward processing versus one of the preferential categories — is one of the more valuable, and most commonly missed, parts of an agricultural business's return.
Washington and city tax rates, classifications, and thresholds on this page reflect our research of official Washington Department of Revenue and city finance department sources as of August 2026. Several of these figures changed in 2025 and 2026 legislative and rate-setting cycles and can change again — confirm your exact rate and threshold with the Washington Department of Revenue, the relevant city finance office, or on a consultation before filing. This page is general information, not tax advice, and does not create a client relationship.
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Related reading: Washington B&O tax explained for small businesses.
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