Washington Prohibit Taxes on Employee Hours Initiative (2018)
| Washington Prohibit Taxes on Employee Hours Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Prohibit Taxes on Employee Hours Initiative (#1625, #1638) was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 6, 2018.
This initiative would have prohibited state or local taxes on employee-hours. This sort of tax is known as a head tax.[1][2] The proponent of the initiative submitted another version of the measure, initiative #1638, on April 24, 2018.[3]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot titles for the different versions of the initiative are below:[2]
| Initiative 1625 ballot title | |||||
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Initiative Measure No. 1625 concerns employee-hours taxes (“head taxes”). This measure would prohibit state and local governments from imposing employee-hours taxes, also known as head taxes, created after January 1, 2018, and prohibit the collection of revenue from such taxes. Should this measure be enacted into law? | |||||
| Initiative 1638 ballot title | |||||
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Initiative Measure No. 1638 concerns taxes. This measure would prohibit state and local governments from imposing employee-hours taxes (aka “head taxes”) or any payroll tax created after January 1, 2018, and prohibit the collection of revenue from such taxes. Should this measure be enacted into law? | |||||
Ballot summary
The ballot summaries for the different versions of the initiative are below:[2]
| Initiative 1625 ballot summary | |||||
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This measure would prohibit state and local governments from imposing employee-hours taxes, also known as a head tax. It would also prohibit the department of revenue from collecting revenue from such a tax. These prohibitions would apply only to taxes created after January 1, 2018. | |||||
| Initiative 1638 ballot summary | |||||
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This measure would prohibit state and local governments from imposing employee-hours taxes, also known as head taxes, or any payroll tax. It would also prohibit the department of revenue from collecting revenue from such taxes. These prohibitions would apply only to taxes created after January 1, 2018. | |||||
Full text
- The full text of initiative #1625 available here.
- The full text of initiative #1638 is available here
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify a directly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the People in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for direct initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the general election at which their proposal would be presented to voters. Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the general election.
The requirements to get an Initiative to the People certified for the 2018 ballot:
- Signatures: 259,622 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 6, 2018.
The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified for the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.
Details about this initiative
- Tim Eyman submitted initiative 1625 on March 5, 2018.[2]
- A ballot title and summary were issued for it on March 13, 2018.[2]
- Tim Eyman submitted initiative 1638 on April 24, 2018.[2]
- Proponents of the initiative did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the July 6, 2018, deadline and the measure was not put on the ballot.[4][2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Washington secretary of state, "Initiative #1625 Text," accessed March 8, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Washington secretary of state, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2018," accessed March 8, 2018
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Initiative Measure No. 1638," accessed April 25, 2018
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff Writer, Email communication with Lydia Plukchi of the Washington Secretary of State's office, July 9, 2018.
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