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PTBAs are granted the authority to impose a voter-authorized sales tax of up to 0.9 percent and motor vehicle excise tax of up to 0.4 percent within its boundaries. Community Transit, the PTBA of Snohomish County, was granted a sales tax limit of 1.2 percent in 2015 after exhausting the existing 0.9 percent.
The Great Recession of the late 2000s and subsequent loss of an estimated $180 million (equivalent to $252 million in 2024) [29] in sales tax revenue in Snohomish County forced CT to cut service by 15 percent in June 2010, including the elimination of all service on Sundays and major holidays, to save $16 million (equivalent to $22.4 million in ...
The lowest combined state, county, and municipality sales tax rate in Washington is 7% in most of Klickitat and Skamania counties, while the highest combined sales tax in Washington is the 10.4% in some parts of Snohomish County. [214] The highest sales tax in Washington is on liquor.
(The Center Square) - A Washington lawmaker wants to shore up the state's transportation budget by gradually putting sales taxes on vehicles into the roads they'll drive on. New legislation for ...
(The Center Square) – The Snohomish County Council will soon vote on whether or not to increase its general property tax levy by 8% Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers’ proposed 2025-2026 ...
[57]: 5 [58] The new taxes would consist of a 0.5 percent sales tax, a 0.8 percent motor vehicle excise tax, and a property tax of 25 cents per $1,000 in assessed value. While the sales tax and motor vehicle excise tax were used in previous transit expansions, the property tax was added to create a "more progressive revenue source". [ 59 ]
(The Center Square) – The Snohomish County Council approved a property tax increase of 4% over the next two years as opposed to an 8% increase proposed by the county executive. Snohomish County ...
During the 2015 session of the Washington State Legislature, Community Transit was granted the authority to increase sales taxes to fund operation of Swift II, pending voter approval via a ballot measure; [63] the Washington State Department of Transportation also gave $6.8 million in funding to build the line's northern terminus at Seaway ...