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Tax statistics 2009

Washington State Department of Revenue
Cindi L. Holmstrom, Director

Kathy Oline, Assistant Director
Research Division

Compiled by:
Don Taylor and Staff of the Research Division

September, 2009

Entire report in PDF

Part I. State Excise Tax Collections

Table 1
Summary of Washington State Taxes; FY 2008 - 2009
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Chart 1
Major Washington State Taxes; Percentage Distribution; FY 2009

Table 2
Net Washington State Tax Collections; Latest Five Years; FY 2005 - 2009
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Chart 2
Percentage Change in Washington State Taxes; FY 1990 - 2009

Table 3
Washington State General Fund Revenues; FY 2008
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Chart 3
Washington State General Fund Revenue and Expenditures; FY 2008

Table 4
Department of Revenue Collections; FY 2008 - 2009
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Table 5
Department of Revenue Collections State Tax Collections by Fund, FY 2008 - 2009
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Table 6
Department of Revenue Expenses and Collections Since 1980: Average Cost of Collection; FY 1980 - 2009
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Table 7
Cigarette/Tobacco Products Taxes; Current Tax Rates and Tax Collections for FY 2008 - 2009
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Table 8
Real Estate Excise Tax Statistics; State REET Collections and Estimated Value of Real Property Sold; FY 1985 - 2009
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Table 9
Real Estate Excise Tax Statistics: State and Local Tax Collections, Number and Estimated Value of Sales by County; FY 2009
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Table 10
Number of State Excise Taxpayers: Registered Accounts by County and Reporting Frequency; July 2009
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Table 11
Number of New Taxpayer Accounts in Washington by County and Major Industry; CY 2008
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Table 12
Number of New Taxpayer Accounts in Washington; Statewide by Industry; CY 2007-2008
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Table 13A
State Tax Collections in Washington; Historical Data: 1900-1925
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Table 13B
State Tax Collections in Washington; Historical Data: 1930-1955
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Table 13C
State Tax Collections in Washington; Historical Data: 1960-1980
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Table 13D
State Tax Collections in Washington; Historical Data: 1985-2005
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Notes for Historical State Tax Collection Tables

Part II. Local excise tax distribution

Table 14
Composition of Local Sales/Use Tax Rates, Highest Local Tax Rate
in each County as of July, 2009
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Table 15
Local Sales/Use Taxes, Types of Taxes Authorized and Utilized, Fiscal Year 2009 Distributions
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Table 16
City/County Local Sales/Use Tax Distributions, FY 2008-2009; Average Per Capita Receipts by County
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Table 17
Local Sales/Use Tax Distributions by Type of Tax and by County; FY 2009
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Table 18
Local Rental Car Tax Distributions; FY 2009
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Table 19
Local Hotel/Motel Tax Distributions; FY 2009
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Table 20
Timber Excise Tax Distributions by County; FY 2006-2009
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Table 21
Local Leasehold Excise Tax Distributions, FY 2007-2009
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Table 22
Public Utility District (PUD) Privilege Tax Distributions, FY 2005-2009
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Part III. Property tax levies, collections and valuations

Table 23
Property Tax Levies by Major Taxing District, by Calendar Year Due, 2007 - 2009
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Table 24
Property Tax Levies by County, Due in Calendar Years 2007 - 2009
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Table 25
Property Tax Levy Rates by County; Countywide Average Rates Per $1,000 Assessed Value by Year Due, 2005 - 2009
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Table 26
Property Tax Levy Rates, Average State & Local Levy Rates by County, Due in Calendar Year 2009
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Table 27
Property Tax Valuations, Levies, and Average Rates, by Calendar Year Due, Past 25 Years
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Table 28
Property Tax Collections by County for Calendar Year 2008
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Table 29
Assessed Value of All Taxable Property by County for Taxes Due in 2007 - 2009
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Table 30
Property Assessment Ratios by County; Real, Personal and Indicated Ratios, 2007 - 2008
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Table 31
Calculation of the 2008 State Property Tax Levy (Due in 2009)
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