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The Transit Now ordinance, [90] passed by the King County Council on September 5, 2006, and signed by Executive Sims on September 11, 2006, forwarded the tax proposition to the voters and identified the programs to which operating revenue generated from the sales tax increase could be appropriated. The measure was approved by 56.62% of King ...
These taxes, which comprise 63 percent of the total 2017–2046 budget, are composed of a 1.4 percent sales tax, a 0.8 percent motor vehicle excise tax, a 0.8 percent rental car tax, and a property tax of up to 25 cents per $1,000 in assessed value. [1]
[58]: 5 [59] 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". [60]
If elected, Balducci will continue pushing for the state to get rid of a 1% cap on property tax increases as a way to increase funding needed to prevent more cuts to essential county services.
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COTA targets year-out sales tax increase for $8 billion LinkUS super-corridors ... expects to ask county voters to double its portion of the county sales tax from 0.5 to 1%. ... are changing the ...
The task force concluded that a sales tax increase of 0.1% (to 8.3%) would be sufficient to fund the stadium. King County held a special election on September 19, asking the public for this sales tax increase; [12] the measure led early, [13] [14] but was narrowly defeated by one-fifth of one percent. [15] [16] [17]
In 2010, Ferguson sponsored a ballot measure that would increase the sales tax to provide additional revenues to King County. Proposition No. 1 Sales and Use Tax. The measure failed, 54.9% to 45.1%. [31] He wrote the law that reformed the county's public records process to ensure that citizens can easily obtain records and monitor their ...