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Kent-backed local-option sales tax proposal gets hearing; Department of Revenue raises administrative concerns
Summary
House Bill 1532 would authorize certain large industrial cities, notably the City of Kent, to impose an additional local-option sales and use tax of up to 0.3% subject to public-process requirements; the bill received extensive testimony at a House Finance Committee hearing.
House Bill 1532 opened for public hearing in the House Finance Committee with extensive testimony focused on the City of Kent and the designation "authorized city" that would be eligible to impose up to a 0.3% local-option sales and use tax.
Tracy Taylor, committee staff, summarized the measure and the background on sales and use tax sourcing: "Under House Bill 15 32, the legislative body of an authorized city may impose an additional sales and use tax of up to point 3% ... An authorized city means a city that has a population of greater than 120,000 in the county with a population of 1,500,000 or greater and that has at least 25% of its total property assessed value derived from industrial or in warehousing industries." Taylor also summarized the fiscal note and the Department of Revenue’s administrative assumptions.
Representative Chris Stearns, the bill’s prime…
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