Initiative 636 – the Tax Exemption Transparency and Accountability Act has received a ballot title from the Washington State Attorney General. According to Washington State’s Department of Revenue’s figures, tax expenditures account for as much spending as the state spends … Continue reading
Tax Sanity has been busy this year filing initiative drafts for proposed legislation to create a tax expenditure budget. The goal is to draft legislation that will increase tax exemption accountability and transparency. Initiative 626 is the latest version to … Continue reading
Washington state’s tax system is broken. We have pressing state needs but do not fairly collect revenue to adequately fund needed state public services like education and health care. We rank in the bottom third of states in raising revenue. … Continue reading
You can help in our effort to close tax loopholes in Washington State by signing our petition to Governor Inslee and your Legislators. In order to increase accountability and close tax loopholes, the Washington State Legislature should adopt a Tax … Continue reading
Washington voters should vote “Maintain” on the five Advisory Votes on the November 5th ballot. These Tax Advisory votes are a Tim Eyman anti-tax push poll that he has gotten taxpayers to pay for when they voted for his Initiative … Continue reading
The Republican Government Shutdown is hurting people by cutting their jobs and income. Many will not be compensated because they are not Federal employees. Most Republicans in Congress don’t seem to understand or care. What was originally an attempt to … Continue reading
This upcoming Nov. 5, 2013 General Election Ballot in Washington State has 5 Tax Advisory Vote measures put on the ballot as a result of Tim Eyman’s Initiative 960. Voters should vote to “maintain”+ these measures. The 5 Advisory votes … Continue reading
The latest version of the Tax Loophole Reform Initiative is Initiative 605. It has now received a ballot title and summary. Here is the information from the Washington State Secretary of State’s website. We will be appealing the ballot title … Continue reading
Tax Sanity ( www.taxsanity.org ) on May 17, 2013 filed an Initiative to the Legislature to address the issue of Tax Loophole Reform. As noted in an article in Crossscut entitled Tax exemptions are starting to draw an uncomfortable spotlight: … Continue reading
The Washington Wire has printed a story entitled “Will this finally be the Year for a Loophole Initiative?” The story is about Tax Sanity’s efforts for tax loophole reform in Washington State – as Eric Smith notes, year after year … Continue reading
