{"id":3288,"date":"2025-03-20T14:25:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/Krishnadasan\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2025-03-20T14:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:27:06","slug":"krishnadasan-cortes-introduce-bill-to-lower-sales-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/Krishnadasan\/2025\/03\/20\/krishnadasan-cortes-introduce-bill-to-lower-sales-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Krishnadasan, Cortes introduce bill to lower sales tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">OLYMPIA \u2013 A bill to increase affordability and economic stability in Washington state was introduced in the Senate Thursday.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Senate Bill <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/BillSummary\/?BillNumber=5795&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=false\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">5795<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, sponsored by Sens. Deb Krishnadasan (D-Gig Harbor) and Adrian Cortes (D-Battle Ground), would decrease the state sales tax from 6.5% to 6% \u2014 the state\u2019s first sales tax reduction in over 40 years. Washington has the nation\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/data\/all\/state\/sales-tax-rates\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ninth highest state sales tax and the fourth highest<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> when average local and state sales tax rates are combined.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWashington has one of the most regressive tax systems in the country, forcing those with the least to pay the most,\u201d Krishnadasan said. \u201cLowering the sales tax is a meaningful step toward easing that burden, making everyday essentials more affordable and creating a fairer system for Washington\u2019s working families.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Economic Revenue Forecast Council projects Washington state will bring in an estimated $32.7 billion in sales tax revenue over the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ofm.wa.gov\/budget\/state-budgets\/gov-inslees-proposed-2025-27-budgets\/summary-tables\/1\/nl\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2025-2027 biennium<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (as published by the Office of Financial Management). The bill would reduce that number to $30.2 billion, putting more than $2.5 billion back in Washingtonians\u2019 pockets \u2014 an estimated average of over $300 per individual. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis bill is designed to provide meaningful relief for working families and retirees,\u201d Cortes said. \u201cAt a time of economic uncertainty, we must take action and support Washingtonians in every way we can.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">###\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 A bill to increase affordability and economic stability in Washington state was introduced in the Senate Thursday.\u00a0 Senate Bill 5795, sponsored by Sens. Deb Krishnadasan (D-Gig Harbor) and Adrian Cortes (D-Battle Ground), would decrease the state sales tax from 6.5% to 6% \u2014 the state\u2019s first sales tax reduction in over 40 years. Washington has the nation\u2019s ninth highest state sales tax and the fourth highest when average local and state sales tax rates are combined.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWashington has one of the most regressive tax systems in the country, forcing those with the least to pay the most,\u201d Krishnadasan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":2609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Krishnadasan, Cortes introduce bill to lower sales tax - Sen. 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