Tax Policy
Key national rankings for Washington state:
- 17th in state and local per capita tax burden ($5,050)
- 16th in business taxes as a percent of private sector gross state product (4.8 percent)
- 7th in taxes paid by businesses per employee ($5,700)
- 12th in taxes paid by businesses as a percent of all taxes (50.1 percent)
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Featured WRC Analysis
- Washington Businesses Pay More Than Half of State and Local Taxes Jan. 11, 2019
- Washington Revenue Review: Revenues Are Still Growing Strong, But for How Long? Dec. 7, 2018
- Getting the Tax Structure Right: It’s Complicated July 12, 2018
- Using Tax Policy to Promote Economic Vitality March 20, 2017
- Toward a Thoughtful Review of Tax Policies Jan. 17, 2014
Recent WRC tax-policy Posts
Other Resources
Senate Ways & Means Committee:
Washington State Department of Revenue:
- Tax Statistics
- Property Tax Statistics
- Tax Reference Manual 2016
- Tax Exemption Study 2016
- Tax Exemption Study Archives
- Washington State Tax Structure Study (Gates Committee)
Washington State Fiscal Information (spending and revenue data)
National Association of State Budget Officers: Fiscal Survey of the States