Critics of a proposed statewide payroll tax in Washington — including CEOs, startup founders, and venture capitalists — warn it could drive businesses out of the state and inflict long-term damage to… Read More
The Seattle City Council Thursday approved more than $8 billion for its latest budget, while rejecting a proposal to create a 2% capital gains excise tax designed to fund housing… Read More
Seattle’s “JumpStart” payroll tax on big business will stay put after a Washington state appellate court on Tuesday upheld an earlier decision that ruled the tax legal. The Seattle City… Read More
The next Seattle mayor will take over a city going through historic transitions — from a pandemic shutdown to the oscillating reopening; from working at work to working from home;… Read More
They arrived over the past month in the inboxes of Microsoft coders, Amazon copy editors, and Boeing engineers along with tens of thousands of other employees across Washington state: Emails… Read More
Fighting back against what it calls a “headwind to Seattle’s economic recovery,” the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Seattle City Council’s recently passed payroll tax.… Read More
A new tax on Seattle’s highest-paying businesses will fund a variety of pandemic-related relief programs for renters, immigrants, refugees, and small businesses this year under a spending plan passed by… Read More
