property tax

Last week, the Washington Legislature passed a slights property tax cut.  Under the $391 million plan, property owners will see a 30-cent cut to statewide property taxes next year, dropping to $2.40 per $1,000 of assessed value.   Under the plan, $935 million from the remaining property tax revenues will be diverted to a specified education account instead of going to the constitutionally-protecte

A bill introduced by Representative Beth Doglio would help define smaller farms with the same definitions in terms of property taxes as large farms so they could get the same breaks.   “It’s a property tax incentive program basically to try and keep as much farm land here in Washington State as we can in ag.”   Curren...