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Updated 12/08
Finance Links
Washington State
- Washington State Department of Licensing Business License Page
- Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR)
- Statistics and Reports - Gateway to information on DOR statistical reports, creating your own reports using DOR data, studies and research reports, and tax structure and alternatives. See Available Publications and Research Sources for explanation of how to run reports using gross business income, state and local taxable sales, historical local tax rates, and property tax distributions; also includes “Frequently Asked Questions.”
- Local and Sales Tax Distributions
- Property Tax Statistical Reports
- Tax Reference Manual
- Tax Alternatives for Washington State: A Report to the Legislature.Washington State Tax Structure Study, November 2002
- Tax Exemptions 2008
- Comparative State and Local Taxes Reports
- Washington State Auditor's Office
- Washington State Office of Financial Management
- Washington State House Finance Committee
- Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee
- Washington State Treasurer's Office
Federal
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs - Compendium of assistance programs administered by the federal government.
- U.S Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Poverty Guidelines
- U.S. Department of Treasury
- U.S. Internal Revenue Service
- Federal State and Local Government Newsletter - Current Edition
- Federal State and Local Government Newsletter - Archive
- U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Associations and Non-Governmental
- Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada.
- Economagic - Downloadable time series data on prices, interest rates, employment, and gross domestic product at federal and state level.
- Federal Money Retriever - Guide to federal grants and loans- commercial service; available for download; some information available without charge
- Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)
- Governmental Accounting Standards Board
- Washington Finance Officers Association (WFOA)
- Washington Municipal Treasurer's Association
Articles and Reports
- Trends in State Spending (March 29, 2007), Washington Research Council and WashACE
- "The Way We Tax: A 50 State Report," Governing Magazine, February 2003. An assessment of all 50 state tax systems in three critical areas: adequacy of revenue; fairness to taxpayers; and management of the tax collection process.