Initiative to repeal WA income tax would ax revenue, keep added costs

By: Jerry Cornfield

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: June 17, 2026

Words: 962

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Democratic lawmakers in Washington paired their new income tax on high earners with a pledge to use billions of dollars from the annual proceeds to help small businesses compete and lower-income families get by.

They committed to remove sales tax on diapers, grooming products and some over-the-counter drugs and repeal recently added sales taxes on services. There is also a more generous tax break for small firms and a massive expansion of a tax credit …

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