Your PTA and the New Sales Tax
During the last legislative session, Washington State added new services that may be subject to its existing retail sales tax. You can find a list of the services newly covered by the tax on this Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR) website. The one most likely to be relevant to PTAs is the inclusion of…
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Finances
WSPTA Week 13 Events Report
Next week the House Capital Budget committee plans to release its budget on April 5, hold the hearing on April 6 and markup on April 7; the current schedule does not show them working next weekend. The schedule is subject to change, but April 4 is the cutoff for bills with a fiscal impact, other than the “Necessary…
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Legislative
Governor Releases Ed Budget, Asks for $3.9B in New K-12 Funding
Kicking off the 2017 budget proposals to resolve the “McCleary problem,” Governor Jay Inslee released his education and revenue budgets today, with a request for $3.9 billion in total spending over the two-year budget cycle. In a Monday preview, staff indicated that nearly two-thirds of the funding would boost compensation for all educators and add…