April 16 , 2015 - Kriss Sjoblom
“Levy swap” proposals surface
The Seattle Times has a story about three legislative proposals to reduce reliance on local school property tax levies that emerged on Wednesday: State lawmakers Wednesday put forth three competing proposals to address part of a court mandate for K-12 education that would reduce schools’ reliance on local tax levies. … The three tax-levy proposals […]
April 16 , 2015 - Emily Makings
April 14 , 2015 - Emily Makings
The impact of higher cigarette taxes
Jan Teague of the Washington Retail Association had an op-ed in the Everett Herald yesterday on the implications of increasing the state cigarette tax. (Gov. Inslee included an increase in his budget proposal.) Teague writes about the impact on retailers: Cigarettes are also the top revenue generator for many small businesses, accounting for nearly 32 […]
April 10 , 2015 - Emily Makings
Carbon taxation in the offing?
Apparently some form of carbon taxation could still happen this year, despite the fact that it did not make it into either House or Senate budget proposal. It was a main source of revenue in Gov. Inslee’s proposed budget, but the House proposal would increase revenues in different ways. From Crosscut: House Environment Committee chair […]
April 08 , 2015 - Emily Makings
March 23 , 2015 - Kriss Sjoblom
New special report: Carbon Taxation
We have posted a new special report on Gov. Inslee's cap and trade proposal (SHB 1314) and Carbon Washington's carbon tax initiative. The brief can be downloaded through this link.
March 20 , 2015 - Emily Makings
March 13 , 2015 - Emily Makings
WRC testifies on aerospace tax incentives
Today our president, Lew Moore, testified before the House Committee on Finance regarding HB 2147. Here is his testimony.
March 13 , 2015 - Emily Makings