“When we adopt our biennial budgets, we should proactively consider the exemptions and preferences as tax expenditures and require re-adoption if they have never been reviewed or have no sunset date. Why should these “tax expenditures” live on forever? No … Continue reading
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HB 1703 Hearing in House Finance Committee Tuesday 2/26/19 at 8 AM in John L O’Brien Building Executive session to vote bill out of committee Wed. 2/27/2019 Your help is needed to get HB 1703 passed by the Washington State … Continue reading
HB 1703 – 2019 Tax Exemption Transparency and Accountability Act Update: Hearing on HB 1703 in House Finance Committee Tuesday 2/26/19 at 8 AM in John L O’Brien Building It’s Time to End Tax Exemptions as Off Budget Spending! Our … Continue reading
Action Alert on WA ESSB 5513 to Increase Tax Exemption Transparency and Accountability. ESSB 5513 on Tax Exemption Transparency and Accountability was passed last week by the Senate on a 47/0 vote. It is now in the House. Your help is needed now. Please … Continue reading
Comments to House Finance Committee on ESSB 5513 Feb. 22, 2018 Steve Zemke Director – Tax Sanity Tax Sanity recommends passage of ESSB 5513. Updating the Department of Revenue’s Tax Exemption Report every two years instead of four years is … Continue reading
Testimony in support of SB 5513 – the Tax Exemption Transparency and Accountability Act Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee, Jan. 18, 2018 Steve Zemke – Tax Sanity Thank you for this opportunity to testify on this legislation. This is … Continue reading
SB 5513 will have a Hearing in the Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, Jan 18, 2018 at 3:30 PM in Senate Hearing Room 4 in Olympia. The information below explains the legislation and can also be … Continue reading
End Tax Exemptions as Off-Budget Spending by Adding Them as Tax Expenditures to the State Budget! Washington State HB 1500 -the Tax Exemption Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017 will have a hearing in the State House Finance Committee on Tues. Jan … Continue reading
Tax preferences and tax incentives are called tax expenditures by most other states and the US Congress – they are revenue that is not collected. Not collecting this revenue from certain taxpayers is a form of picking winners and losers and the end … Continue reading
Tax Exemption Transparency and Accountability Act 2015–HB 1239 & SB 5492 Tax exemptions, preferences, deductions, credits and deferrals are off budget expenditures. They lack the accountability and transparency that exists for other expenditures the state makes as part of the … Continue reading