March 13 , 2015 - Kriss Sjoblom
Interstate comparisons of state and local government revenues
The Federation of Tax Administrators (FTA) uses four alternative metrics to rank states according to the amount of state and local revenue raised. These four metrics are (1) own source general revenue per capita, (2) taxes per capita, (3) own source general revenue as a percentage of personal income, and (4) taxes as a percentage […]
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
March 02 , 2015 - Emily Makings
February 20 , 2015 - Kriss Sjoblom
Washington's forecasted revenue growth is better than that of the average state
A recent post at TaxVox (the blog of the Urban Institute/Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center) examines state government revenue forecasts fore fiscal years 2015, 2016 and 2017. State forecasters expect revenue growth to remain sluggish through fiscal year (FY) 2016 according to an Urban Institute analysis of agency reports. In FY17, states project revenue growth […]
February 09 , 2015 - Kriss Sjoblom
New policy brief: Gov. Inslee's Capital Gains Tax Proposal
Our new brief on Governor Inslee’s Capital Gains Tax Proposal is available through this link.
February 04 , 2015 - Emily Makings
January 29 , 2015 - Emily Makings
President drops 529 tax proposal; GET program dodges a bullet
This week President Obama decided to drop his State of the Union proposal to tax earnings from 529 plans. These plans are a tax advantaged way to save for college — distributions from the accounts are not taxed when used for educational purposes. (Washington’s GET program is one of them; we wrote about the program […]
January 23 , 2015 - Emily Makings
States looking for money in e-cigarettes
Stateline has an article today about e-cigarette taxes: With the popularity of e-cigarettes growing, more states are more likely to look to the new devices for revenue. . . . “This is going to be one of the most introduced and debated topics in state legislatures this year, especially the tax issue,” said Max Behlke, […]