Income Tax Votes
Washington voters have been asked on five separate occasions to adopt a state personal income tax or corporate income tax. Only the first vote, in 1932, was successful, and that measure was subsequently thrown out by the state Supreme Court on a 5-4 decision on September 8, 1933.
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1932 - Initiative to the People 69 |
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Votes |
Percentage |
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No |
136,983 |
29.79% |
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Yes |
322,919 |
70.21% |
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Information:
Filed March 22, 1932. Submitted to the voters at the state general election held on November 8, 1932. The Act is now identified as Chapter 5, Laws of 1933. |
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1934 - House Joint Resolution 11 |
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Votes |
Percentage |
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No |
176,154 |
56.63% |
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Yes |
134,908 |
43.37% |
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Information:
Submitted to the voters at the state general election held on November 6, 1934. |
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1970 - House Joint Resolution 42 |
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Votes |
Percentage |
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No |
672,446 |
68.45% |
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Yes |
309,882 |
31.55% |
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Ballot Title:
Shall the state constitution be amended to reduce the maximum allowable rate of taxation against property to 1 percent of true and fair value in the absence of authorized excess levies, and to permit the legislature to tax income at a single rate without regard to this limitation or, after 1975, at a graduated rate if the voters in that year or thereafter approve the removal of the single rate limitation? |
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1973 - House Joint Resolution 37 |
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Votes |
Percentage |
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No |
770,033 |
77.09% |
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Yes |
228,823 |
22.91% |
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Ballot Title:
Shall a graduated net income tax be authorized, excess levies for school operations be prohibited, and some excise taxes limited? |
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1975 - Initiative to the People 314 |
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Votes |
Percentage |
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No |
652,178 |
66.82% |
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Yes |
323,831 |
33.18% |
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Ballot Title:
Shall corporations pay a 12% excise tax measured by income so that special school levies may be reduced or eliminated? |