A Great 78th Annual Meeting for the WRC
via www.washingtonstatewire.com Excellent coverage of Scott Rasmussen's speech in Washington State Wire.
October 25 , 2009 - Kriss Sjoblom
Comparative State and Local Taxes
On Thursday the Department of Revenue released this year’s edition of its annual report Comparative State and Local Taxes link. The primary data in the new report come from the Census Bureau’s 2007 Census of Government Finance. For 2006/2007, DOR calculates that state and local tax collections in Washington amounted to $109.25 for each $1,000 […]
August 27 , 2009 - Kriss Sjoblom
Seattle Taxable Retail Sales
Here is a chart of annual taxable retail sales in the city of Seattle for the years 1994 to 2008. To remove the effects of inflation, we have adjusted spending to 2008 values using the BLS’s Seattle Consumer Price Index. The key things to note are: (1) for 2007, the peak year of the last […]