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appalachiablue

(41,103 posts) Thu May 3, 2018, 11:19 PM May 2018

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Amazon Doesn't Want to Pay Tax That Would Create Low Income Housing in Seattle (Original Post) appalachiablue May 2018 OP

Not just Amazon Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2018 #1

Thanks for info. on other Sea tech cos., good to have perspective. appalachiablue May 2018 #2

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1. Not just Amazon

Thu May 3, 2018, 11:49 PM

May 2018

Head tax worries other Seattle tech companies, association leader says

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/head-tax-worries-other-seattle-tech-companies-association-leader-says/281-548321621

From today's Puget Sound Business Journal:

The following data compares the current yearly local tax bill for a hypothetical company with 200 full-time employees and $100 million in taxable gross receipts in several Puget Sound-area cities:
Seattle: $429,000
Bellevue: $189,651
Bothell: $4,564
Kirkland: $21,100
Redmond: $22,400
Renton: $85,150

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/05/02/seattles-head-tax-could-be-big-win-for-neighboring.html?ana=e_tf&s=newsletter&ed=2018-05-03&u=ColXVN5SPzQtLHFP87ho2w07857290&t=1525392155&j=81384651

Seattle collects a fair amount of tax dollars. They need to make more effective use of it.

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2. Thanks for info. on other Sea tech cos., good to have perspective.

Fri May 4, 2018, 12:12 AM

May 2018

A friend of ours son from the east just grad. college in 3 yrs., then took a job at Amazon. He's doing quite well there.