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Mayor says Kent seeking state action to replace sales‑tax revenue lost after 2008 sourcing change
Summary
Mayor Dana Ralph told the council she met with state legislators about bills to replace local revenue Kent lost after a 2008 sales‑tax sourcing change that shifted destination collections away from the city; she told the council the city has been the largest loser under that change.
Mayor Dana Ralph told the Kent City Council on Feb. 4 that she and city staff spent a day in Olympia meeting with the city’s legislative delegation to seek a replacement for revenue the city says it lost after a 2008 change in how sales tax is sourced.
Ralph said the 2008 change moved sales tax receipts to the destination city rather than the origin warehouse city, and she told the council that Kent disproportionately lost revenue as a…
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