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The Department of Revenue (DOR) is the state's principal tax collection agency. DOR oversees about 60 different taxes. DOR collected 96% of state General Fund tax revenues and all local sales tax revenues. The biggest revenue generators were state and local sales and use tax.
The Office of Financial Management (OFM) performs an ongoing role in the planning analysis and implementation of the state's operating and capital budgets. It has the primary responsibility for making budget recommendations to the Governor and presenting Governor's budget proposal to the Legislature and the public. After budgets are approved by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor, OFM monitors state agency acitivies for conformance with executive and legislative intent.
Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby
1. Current Tax Code, click on Tax System
2. 600 Exemptions, click on Exemptions
3. Review of our Tax Code
4. Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 State, Who Pays
Rep. Reykdal: New Income tax proposal on way
Gregoire wants court to dump Eyman tax-vote rule
The liberal case of the Washington Legislature not to delay in making budget cuts
By Taxing all Sectors of the Economy Equally, we would stablize our Tax Code - Article by Chris Reykdal, 22nd LD to The Olympian, see Taxing All Sectors
Gregoire proposes half-cent sales-tax increase
Budget Shortfall: Sales tax increase, expansion of slot machines among them , see State Tax Ideas
State Budget: Governor also offers list of cuts to cover $2 billion shortfall click on State Budget
State delegation full of ideas for deficit-reduction
3 solutions can raise revenue and put the state's budget on road to recovery
More state cuts: perhaps it's time to occupy the legislature
Gregoire outlines grim choices for budget cuts
End-of-session legislative summary
Dems declare war on tax exemptions - plan to take it to Voters in November
More than 500 tax breaks cost state treasury at least $6.5 billion each year
House budget proposal cuts $4.4B in state spending
Fix Washington state's budget deficit by closing tax loopholes
Sen. Cantwell calls to make state sales tax deduction permanent
Seattle Times Special Report: The Budget Breakdown The Legislature must slash billions of dollars from state spending. Trouble is, 60 percent of the money is pretty much untouchable. So what's left to cut? To view click on The first in a series of stories on the budget choices lawmaker face by Andrew Garber, Seattle Times Olympia bureau
