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Committee concludes Washington State's tax system outdated and inadequate. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
According to a report released by the Washington Tax Structure Study Committee, Washington's tax structure is regressive, outdated, and inequitable because it relies primarily on a sales tax. The 139-page report claims that the system is regressive and inequitable because sales taxes force lower-income people to spend a higher percentage of their income on taxes than higher-income people. While low-income households spend 14 percent of their incomes on excise and property taxes, high-income households spend only 4.4 percent of ...
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