State income tax: Voters will decide in November
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SeattlePI.com: Should high earners in Washington state pay an income tax? Voters will get their say. The secretary of state's office on Thursday said Initiative 1098 had submitted enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Also Thursday, state officials asked the Washington State Patrol to investigate apparent fraud by a petition-gatherer for I-1098, a measure which seeks to impose an income tax on the wealthy. At issue are about 20 petition sheets with 350 names, signatures and addresses that appear to have been written with the same pen and in similar handwriting, said Dave Ammons, spokesman for the Secretary of State's office. The gatherer in question had signed her name to the back of all the petition sheets under investigation. The 20 sheets in question - roughly 350 signatures - are a small fraction of the 24,817 sheets the campaign turned in . State officials say the campaign submitted about 385,000 signatures and a random review of 11,786 found that 10,090 were acceptable. It takes 241,153 valid signatures of registered Washington voters to secure a place on the November ballot. I-1098, which is championed by Bill Gates, Sr., would tax couples with adjusted gross incomes greater than $400,000 annually, or incomes of more than $200,000 for individuals. Supporters say that represents the top 3 percent of earners in Washington. It also would cut the state property tax by 20 percent and increase the business-and-occupation tax credit to $4,800. Supporters say it would bring in about $1 billion per year for education and health programs.
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