Washington Research Council

Economy

COVID & local revenues

6th of October 2021

Yakima County and Pierce County revenues increased in 2020

In a story this week, Washington State Wire talked to the Yakima County treasurer and Pierce County deputy finance director about how their revenues fared through the pandemic. As with state revenues, although there was a lot of uncertainty last year about how the pandemic would affect revenues, the two counties ended calendar year 2020 […]


27th of August 2021

Seattle’s tax revenues decreased by 7.5% in 2020, but taxes and other revenues are expected to rebound in 2021

According to the Seattle City Budget Office last week, the city’s revenue forecast has improved since the city budget was adopted last year. That is the case even before factoring in federal relief funds or revenues from the new payroll expense tax. The city’s 2021 budget was based on revenue forecasts from last November. Since […]