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.
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