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Tenino council weighs changing local gambling tax to boost revenue
Summary
Councilor outlined shifting the city's gambling tax from a 6% net model to a higher net rate or a 5% gross option; estimates presented suggest the change could add several tens of thousands of dollars annually to help address a $1.3 million repayment obligation and public-safety staffing shortfall.
Councilor (speaker 3) urged the Tenino City Council on April 8 to consider changing the city's local gambling tax to raise revenue for public safety and to help repay a $1.3 million sum the city must reimburse. The councilor said the city's current ordinance taxes for-profit pull-tab operations at 6% of net and proposed moving to either the legal maximum of 10% of net or switching to a 5% tax on gross receipts.
The councilor presented rough quarter estimates for a local pull-tab business,…
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