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• State auctioning off lost treasures

  May 17, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Nearly 3,000 items that someone locked away for safekeeping and either forgot about, or forgot to tell anyone else about, will be auctioned off this week for the … 1

• Gregoire beefs up collection force for business taxes

  December 1, 2010 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – Facing revenue shortfalls for the next 30 months, Washington state is making changes in its tax collecting agency to go after businesses that aren’t paying what they owe, … 4

• Budget-patching soda tax starts today

  July 1, 2010 in City on Page A5 That six-pack of diet soda will cost an extra 12 cents starting today. It’s possible you won’t pay it, but someone will.

• Tourism taxes less than expected

  May 13, 2010 in Business on Page A10 Two Spokane groups are trying to deal with an unexpected decline in money from a countywide hotel-motel tax that increased last fall. Both the Spokane Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau … 1

• Retail sales in Wash. dropped 11.6 percent in 3Q

  January 14, 2010 in City The state Department of Revenue says taxable retail sales in Washington dropped to $26.4 billion in the third quarter of 2009. That’s a 11.6 percent drop from the same period … 3

• Farmers markets put churches in quandary

  June 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – State tax officials recently gave several Spokane-area churches an ultimatum: Stop running farmers markets in your parking lots or start paying tax on that land. “We have no … 5

• Homeowners may ask state to defer property taxes

  June 9, 2009 in City Homeowners worried about making property-tax payments this fall may ask the state to temporarily foot the bill, but it will cost them in interest. People with an annual household income …

• WA retailers will need permit to avoid sales taxes

  June 9, 2009 in Business, City OLYMPIA — Thousands of Washington businesses will be affected by a change in the way sales taxes are collected, in an attempt by the Department of Revenue to recapture some …