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The highest sales tax in Washington is on liquor. The spirits sales tax is 20.5% of the value of the product purchased [214] and a $3.7708 per liter spirits liter tax is assessed on spirits sold to consumers. [215] 1 April 2008 saw tax increases in King County (+.001), Kittitas County (+.003), Mason County (+.001), and the city of Union Gap ...
One tax Washington charges on most businesses is the business and occupation tax (B & O), a gross receipts tax which charges varying rates for different types of businesses. Washington's state base sales tax is 6.5 percent which is combined with a local sales tax which varies by locality.
An aluminum sales tax token from the state of Washington, valued at 2 mills (1 ⁄ 5 cent) and good for the "tax on purchase of 10 cents or less" under the state's 2% retail sales tax law. The twelve states that issued these sales tax tokens were Alabama , Arizona , Colorado , Illinois , Kansas , Louisiana , Mississippi , Missouri , New Mexico ...
Washington's state base sales tax is 6.5%, which is combined with a local sales tax that varies by locality. The combined state and local retail sales tax rates increase the taxes paid by consumers, depending on the variable local sales tax rates, generally between 7.5% and 10%. [ 184 ]
Taxation in the United States. State tax levels indicate both the tax burden and the services a state can afford to provide residents. States use a different combination of sales, income, excise taxes, and user fees. Some are levied directly from residents and others are levied indirectly. This table includes the per capita tax collected at the ...
Washington Initiative 732 (I-732) was a ballot initiative in 2016 to levy a carbon tax in the State of Washington, and simultaneously reduce the state sales tax. It was rejected 59.3% to 40.7%. [ 1 ] The measure appeared on the November 2016 ballot . [ 2 ]
The state of Washington levies no individual or corporate income taxes and levies a property tax below the national average and a sales tax above the national median. [36] The State of Oregon has even lower property taxes and no sales tax but one of the highest state income taxes. [37]
The Streamlined Sales Tax Project ( SSTP ), first organized in March 2000, is intended to simplify and modernize sales and use tax collection and administration in the United States. It arose in response to efforts by Congress to permanently prohibit states from collecting sales tax on online commerce. Because such a ban would have serious ...