Post from Seattle City Buzz

Another year, another sales tax increase in King County. Last April 1st, the sales tax in King County increased a tenth of a percent to 8.9% to improve bus transportation services. Effective April 1st, 2008, King County’s sales tax will be going up another one-tenth of a percent to 9.0%. This increase will be used for chemical dependency or mental health treatment services. Taxes for those parts of the cou ...