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King County Sales Tax to increase April 1st

The King County Sales Tax, within the Regional Transit Authority, will raise from 8.8% to 8.9% on April 1, 2007. For restaurants, bars and coffee shops, the rate will increase to 9.4%. The extra .5% is to pay off Safeco Field debt.

The .1% increase is a result of the voter approved tax increase to expand metro bus service.

As a note to new residents, the Washington State Sales tax is 6.5%. However, County and City municipalities append their own taxes to that rate. Therefore, the sales tax rate will differ between municipalities.

Posted by Ben Kakimoto - Seattle Condo Specialist on 03/25/2007 02:26 AM

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2 Comments on King County Sales Tax to increase April 1st

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2007

So it may be worth a little bit of drive to buy big ticket items in other counties. -Charles

Actually, for big-ticket items, we drive down to Portland, OR...no sales tax.

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