What is the itemized 1998 and estimated 1999 tax dollars the state of Washington collected/will collect for, (property, sales, motor vehicle excise, etc.) ?

Therefore, motor vehicle excise tax is what percent of the total ? Thank You

-- karl gauglitz (karl.gauglitz@guidant.com), November 05, 1999

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I have the same question. It seems that it must be 30% of the total funds available as everything I've heard on TV says that services will be cut by 30%. Seems a little hard to believe.

-- Trenna Atkins (TrennaK@aol.com), November 05, 1999.

A co-worker just told me the state tax budget is 10 Billion. The motor vehical excise tax revenue is 750 Million. So, motor vehical excise tax represents 7.5% of the budget.

Is this accurate ?

-- karl gauglitz (karl.gauglitz@guidant.com), November 05, 1999.

Not accurate. Check the State of Washington site, Office of Management and Budget. They have the details. The state has, I think, three budgets; and they are for two years each. The operating budget is about 37 Billion for 2 years if you take out the reauthorization from the prior budget, and you can get into all kinds of arguements about what to count as actual discretionary spending.

-- dbvz (dbvz@wa.freei.net), November 07, 1999.

In response to the E-mail questions, yoy can start looking at the state budget here:

http://www.ofm.wa.gov/budget_toc.html

Sorry, the name of the agency is the Office of Financial Management, not Office of Management and Budget. OFM is state, and I beleive OMB is federal.

This site has some I-695 information being developed.

-- dbvz (dbvz@wa.freei.net), November 11, 1999.