Table 10
TIMBER EXCISE TAX DISTRIBUTIONS
Fiscal Year 1997
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Timber Reforestation Total
Excise Tax1 Surtax2 Distribution
County Tax:
Asotin $ 7,918 --- $ 7,918
Chelan 138,836 --- 138,836
Clallam 2,798,842 --- 2,798,842
Clark 1,600,654 --- 1,600,654
Columbia 97,385 --- 97,385
Cowlitz 5,653,059 --- 5,653,059
Douglas 3,769 --- 3,769
Ferry 227,039 --- 227,039
Garfield 7,548 --- 7,548
Grays Harbor 8,558,316 --- 8,558,316
Island 153,005 --- 153,005
Jefferson 884,065 --- 884,065
King 2,879,573 --- 2,879,573
Kitsap 547,841 8,329 556,170
Kittitas 1,500,465 --- 1,500,465
Klickitat 1,120,305 --- 1,120,305
Lewis 6,100,260 1,537 6,101,797
Lincoln 23,051 --- 23,051
Mason 3,574,498 12,345 3,586,843
Okanogan 428,276 --- 428,276
Pacific 4,202,918 --- 4,202,918
Pend Oreille 1,102,456 --- 1,102,456
Pierce 4,026,175 629 4,026,804
San Juan 89,074 --- 89,074
Skagit 1,690,301 --- 1,690,301
Skamania 247,787 --- 247,787
Snohomish 1,537,198 --- 1,537,198
Spokane 603,529 --- 603,529
Stevens 1,284,151 --- 1,284,151
Thurston 1,696,402 --- 1,696,402
Wahkiakum 962,543 --- 962,543
Walla Walla 21,082 --- 21,082
Whatcom 821,551 --- 821,551
Whitman 2,097 --- 2,097
Yakima 35,263 --- 35,263
County Total $54,627,232 $22,840 $54,650,072
State Tax $25,146,592 --- $25,146,592
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1 County tax of 4.0% on timber harvested on privately owned lands. State tax of 1.0% on privately owned and reclassified reforestation lands and 5.0% on publicly owned lands.
2 Tax on former reforestation lands that are reclassified and now subject to timber.