According to Joe Turner, in
a 2/12/09 entry on the Tacoma News Tribune blog, Senator Rosa Franklin introduces an income tax bill every year. She's always the only sponsor, Turner writes, and her bill is always a "non-starter". This year, though, Turner noted that a lot of work went into the fiscal note for the bill (
SB 5104) and wondered if it might be "for real". Franklin's bill is a tiered income tax.
Well, now there's something else new. As Rachel La Corte points out in a Seattle PI article today, Senate Democrats have introduced another bill. This one is SB 6147. It's sponsored by Kohl-Welles, Regala, McDermott, Murray, Kline, and Fraser. Ways and Means Chair, Senator Prentice, has indicated openness to holding a public hearing. It would institute a 1% tax on single people making $500,000 or more annually or couples making $1 million or more. And the proceeds would be applied to education.
Hmmm