High-income earners, retirees and the wealthy have the most to gain from no state income tax, local experts said. Low and middle class people feel more of the burden from sales and property taxes and ...
Half of Washington’s tax revenue in 2022 was generated by retail sales-and-use taxes (about $14.9 billion ... In 1933 the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that a state income-tax initiative ...
The last time a Democratic governor in deep-blue Maryland enacted big tax increases, the party lost the governor’s mansion in 2014 to a Republican, Larry Hogan, who capitalized on voter ...
Tesla could soon lose its electric vehicle sales advantage as Washington state lawmakers are taking their third shot at legislation that would give Rivian, Lucid and others the right to offer test ...
Currently, a payroll tax of 5.5 per cent is imposed on WA businesses with a wages bill of more than $1 million — providing a windfall of almost $5.5 billion last financial year. The tax has long ...
The election writs will be issued today, triggering the formal start of the 2025 WA election ... mostly to its pledge to lift the payroll tax threshold to $1.3million which would cost the budget ...
Governor-elect Bob Ferguson said Thursday he is “deeply skeptical” about the idea of creating a new wealth tax in the state ... will be an equivalent of six percent across all state agencies ...
House Bill 1179 proposes a 'property tax evaluation freeze' and was created by 6th District Representative Mike Volz. The bill aims to prevent property tax increases for disabled veterans and ...