Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Washington tax structure is most regressive in US, study says
media mention“Washington frequently basks in “Top Ten” lists of America’s most livable cities, retirement havens or best places to do business. But the Evergreen State ranks rock-bottom in a new “Terrible Ten” list of states with the nation’s most regressive tax system.
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the state taxes its poorest residents at 16.8 percent — by relying on the state sales tax — while taxing the top 1 percent of income earners at only 2.4 percent.”