Head Tax
Seattle City Council is Looking For People to Join the “Head Tax” Task Force
The council is opening up applications for a task force to re-visit a "head tax," and the deadline is fast approaching.
This article originally ran on SCC Insight. The Seattle City Council announced that it has started taking applications for its newly-created task force to look at progressive revenue sources to fund new homelessness and affordable housing investments. Last week, the council passed a resolution establishing the task force and setting the expectation that it would…
Seattle City Council Votes Down ‘Head Tax’ Proposal — For Now
By a 5-4 vote, the proposed "Employee Hours Tax" on big business to fund homeless services failed, but all indications are that the issue will return very soon.
The proposed H.O.M.E.S. tax, or head tax on large businesses that would pay for services to address Seattles homelessness crisis was voted down in the Seattle City Council today. Councilmembers Bruce Harrell (District 2), Rob Johnson (District 4), Debora Juarez (District 5), Sally Bagshaw (District 7) and Lorena Gonzalez (Position 9) voted against the tax….
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