Washington’s property tax revenue down 16.7 percent since Q4 2018

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By Evergreen Reporter

Jan 1, 2020

Washington collected $219 million in property taxes during the fourth quarter of 2019, a 16.7 percent decrease from the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, $263 million was collected.

Overall, Washington collected $6.6 billion in combined tax revenues in the fourth quarter.

In addition to detailed tax revenue data from each state, the Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue includes an estimate of state and local government tax revenue at a national level.

The Census Bureau cautions that it sets the tax classifications among the survey categories, and they may differ from the classifications set by the state governments.

Fourth Quarter Washington Tax Collections