New lawsuit challenges constitutionality of Washington’s ‘millionaires tax’
2mon 8d ago by feddit.online/u/CombatWombat in washington from www.kuow.org
Former Attorney General Rob McKenna and the Citizens Action Defense Fund have officially filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Washington’s newly passed income tax on high earners, also known as the “millionaires tax.”
There were so many complaints and comments on how to do this properly and our elected legislature chose to completely ignore them.
The reason they didn't flinch is exactly the same reason why every incumbent will be back in the exact same seat in next years session.
Seems like they've got a strong precedent:
A 1933 ruling in the Culliton v. Chase case established that income should be taxed the same as property in Washington state, and all property must be taxed uniformly at a rate of 1%. In the past, this ruling has prevented any graduated income tax from being established in the state, and it was the same ruling that struck down a Seattle income tax on earners who make over $250,000 a year in 2019.