Check your F-1 reporting requirements

Getting reminders from the PDC to file your Personal Financial Affairs Statement (F-1) and don't understand why?

You might fall into one of the categories of filers who are often surprised to find out they owe another F-1 report:

• A local elected official who retired or resigned their position last year. Under WAC 390-24-025, local elected officials must file F-1s for the portion of the year they were in office.
• A state official who has completed their term. Often state officials are in office until early January, when their successors are sworn in. If the term of office extends to Jan. 1 or later, a F-1 report for the previous year is required.
• A newly appointed state or local official who filed last year within two weeks of their appointment. Since that filing would have been for the previous 12 months preceding the appointment date, it would not cover the entire calendar year. Therefore, a new calendar-year report is due.
• Similarly, candidates who won the election last year will owe another report this year because their past filing would not have covered the entire calendar year.

Here's a complete list of the elected and appointed officials who file F-1 reports:

• Elected officials in jurisdictions with at least 2,000 registered voters as of the last general election.
• State agency directors
• Members of certain state boards & commissions as set forth in RCW 42.17A.705(4)
• Legislative and gubernatorial professional staff members
• State 4-year university & college presidents, regents, and trustees
• Community college district & campus presidents and trustees
• Technical college trustees
• Charter school directors