Sen. Jamie Pedersen hopes the bill will help topple an almost hundred-year-old law that classifies income as property.

The state of Washington is set to enact a law that will tax income over $1 million, marking a major break from its history of not having income tax and becoming the latest state to implement a ...

Washington State Senator Jamie Pedersen is defending both the legal structure of the states newly enacted millionaires income ...

Washington state’s new income tax on high earners won’t be put to voters, after the state high court ruled that it falls under an exception to the constitutional right to subject legislation to a ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — On Monday, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed the state's first-ever income tax into law. Opponents say they plan to challenge the law in court, raising constitutional issues ...

GOLDENDALE, Wash. (CN) — A coalition of business owners and interest groups sued Washington state Thursday, accusing it of enacting an unconstitutional income tax on high earners. “For nearly a ...

Washington has long been a popular destination for wealthy Oregonians seeking to dodge their own state's income tax ...

The state of Washington is steadily progressing toward a millionaire tax after Democratic Governor Bob Ferguson signed Senate Bill 6346 (1) on March 30. The new bill will impose a 9.9% tax on ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington’s so-called "millionaires tax" has been signed into law following a record-breaking 25-hour legislative debate, setting up an immediate legal and political battle over the ...

The state Supreme Court blocks a voter referendum on the new 9.9% levy.

A legal challenge certainly, maybe two. A ballot battle as well, its timing less certain. Opponents of the much-debated 9.9% tax on households with incomes above $1 million a year are honing legal and ...