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Tax Statistics 2020
Washington State Department of Revenue
Research and Fiscal Analysis Division
Compiled by: Eric Skiff
December 2020
State excise tax collections
Table 1
Summary of Washington State Taxes; FY 2019 - 2020
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Chart 1
Major Washington State Taxes; Percentage Distribution; FY 2020
Table 2
Net Washington State Tax Collections; Latest Five Years; FY 2016 - 2020
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Chart 2
Percentage Change in Washington State Taxes; FY 2000 - 2020
Table 3
Washington State General Fund Revenues; FY 2019
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Chart 3
Washington State General Fund Revenue and Expenditures; FY 2019
Table 4
Department of Revenue Collections; FY 2019 - 2020
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Table 5
Department of Revenue Collections State Tax Collections by Fund, FY 2019 - 2020
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Table 6
Department of Revenue by Fund and Tax, FY 2019-2020
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Table 7
Department of Revenue Expenses and Collections: Average Cost of Collection; FY 1981 - 2020
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Table 8
Real Estate Excise Tax Statistics; State REET Collections; FY 1987 - 2020
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Table 9
Real Estate Excise Tax Statistics: State and Local Tax Collections by County; FY 2020
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Table 10
Number of State Excise Taxpayers: Registered Accounts by County and Reporting Frequency; July 2020
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Table 11
Number of New Taxpayer Accounts in Washington by County and Major Industry; CY 2019
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Table 12
Number of New Taxpayer Accounts in Washington; Statewide by Industry; CY 2018-2019
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Local excise tax distributions
Table 13
Composition of Local Sales/Use Tax Rates, Highest Local Tax Rate in each County as of July, 2020
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Table 14
Local Sales/Use Taxes, Types of Taxes Authorized and Utilized, Fiscal Year 2020 Distributions
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Table 15
City/County Local Sales/Use Tax Distributions, FY 2019-2020; Average Per Capita Receipts by County
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Table 16
Local Sales/Use Tax Distributions by Type of Tax and by County; FY 2020
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Table 17
Local Rental Car Tax Distributions; FY 2020
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Table 18
Local Hotel/Motel Tax Distributions; FY 2020
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Table 19
Timber Excise Tax Distributions by County; FY 2016-2020
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Table 20
Local Leasehold Excise Tax Distributions, FY 2018-2020
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Table 21
Public Utility District (PUD) Privilege Tax Distributions, FY 2016-2020
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Table 22
Local E911 Tax Distributions, FY 2020
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Property Tax Statistics can be found here