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Washington’s Working Women 2010: Progress stalled without new workplace policies
05.07.2010
| The lingering impacts of recession highlight the central importance
of women’s work to family economic survival - but also the gulf that
still separates women’s earnings from men’s and the need for new policies
that promote healthy workplaces and healthy families.
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Status of Washington’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program
07.30.2010 | The most recent news on Family and Medical Leave Insurance, from both Washington State and Washington, D.C. This updated fact sheet notes the two new possibilities for federal assistance in state start-up funding, and analyzes the costs and benefits of a fully functioning Washington State FMLI system. Fact Sheet »
Initiative 1098: How will a 20% reduction in the state property tax affect residential and commercial property owners?
06.17.2010
| Initiative 1098 includes a 20% across‐the‐board cut in the state portion of the property tax levy, which will reduce property taxes for both businesses and individuals that own property. How much will the average home or business owner see in savings?
Initiative 1098: Will business owners pay state income tax?
06.17.2010
| Under the provisions of I‐1098,
a business owner claiming business income on their personal tax
return would only be taxed if his/her total income exceeds $200,000
for single filers or $400,000 for joint filers – and then only on
the amount exceeding that income threshold. Just how many filers
who claimed business income would have paid income tax under I‐1098
in previous years?
Initiative 1098: What is Considered a 'Small Business'?
06.03.2010
| If passed, Initiative 1098 would eliminate the business and occupation
(B&0) tax for all small businesses -- but what is considered a small
business? This fact sheet answers those questions and more, from exact
tax rates and exemption levels to examples of which businesses would
be exempt.
Initiative 1098: Fixing the most regressive tax system in the country
06.03.2010
| A recent study has concluded that Washington State has the most
regressive tax system in the country, taxing the lowest 20% of earners
over 17% of their income, while the wealthiest 1% pay just over
2%. This fact sheet explains how this is possible, and details the
data economists use to determine tax rates.
Initiative 1098: The Right Fix for Washington's Flawed Tax Structure
05.24.2010
Status of Washington’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program
| Initiative 1098 would reduce taxes for the majority of Washingtonians by lowering property taxes and exempting small businesses from the business and occupation tax. And it would raise new revenue dedicated to education and health services by adding an income tax on the wealthiest 3% of households.Washington Policy Review
07.21.2010
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