The Association of Washington Cities states that as of October 2007 approximately 188 cities required a local business license (including the 40 with a city B & O tax). The city B & O taxes, like the Washington Sate B & O taxes are levied at a percentage rate on the gross receipts of the… CONTINUE
City of Seattle’s Year-End Repeal of a Confusing Piece of Legislation
In an article I posted on Nov. 13, 2013 (“The Continuing Debate over Defining Taxable Income”) I discussed the 2011 case of Getty Images (Seattle), Inc. v. City of Seattle, where a Washington Court of Appeals agreed with the City of Seattle that amounts received by Getty were taxable income and not non taxable loans. The… CONTINUE