Business Climate
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Press Releases
New Guide to Initiatives 1100 and 1105 Offers Helpful Comparison of Measures to Privatize Liquor Sales
Contact: John Barnes
jbarnes@washingtonpolicy.org
206-937-9691
Seattle – Confused about the differences between Initiatives 1100 and 1105? Washington Policy Center, the state’s premier public policy think tank, has released a Citizens’ Guide to Initiatives 1100 and 1105 to help media and the public understand the two measures and their differences.
Business and Occupation Tax Reform Plan Released
Seattle – Washington Policy Center (WPC), a non-profit, non-partisan policy research organization in Washington state, has released a plan for replacing the state’s Business and Occupation tax (B&O). The study, co-authored by WPC’s Center for Government Reform Director Jason Mercier and Center for Small Business Director Carl Gipson, is a variation of the Texas Franchise Tax—a gross receipts margins tax based on total receipts.
Cap-and-Trade Could Cost Washington as Many as 18,292 Net Jobs, $5.7 Billion in Personal Income
Seattle — Specific proposals that several Western states would implement to comply with a proposed cap-and-trade carbon emissions control pact would destroy jobs and erode income, according to a report co-released by a national economics institute and the Washington Policy Center.
Small Businesses Now have Two-Day Grace Period on Regulatory Compliance
Olympia – Yesterday Governor Gregoire signed House Bill 2603 into law. The bi-partisan bill, which passed the legislature unanimously, gives small businesses a grace period of two business days to comply when found in violation of a state regulation.
