![]() If you live in Monroe, Duvall, anything east of there, Covington, Buckley and environs, you don’t pay. If you live outside of those areas, no tax. Here is a map of the region which shows communities where residents must pay the higher car tab tax. The RTA sales taxes make up part of the sales taxes paid by consumers on purchases made within the RTA boundaries. RTA sales taxes are voter-approved taxes that affect most major metropolitan areas of Pierce, King, and Snohomish counties. If he lived in one of the peripheral areas of King County, the cost would be less than $50.īecause we all have the privilege of using the roads that link our cities, shouldn’t there be a more equitable way to collect a true user fee that canoe applied to the development light rail? How about a toll instead of a car tab fee? That way, everyone who uses the road pays their fair share. The cost for tabs for his truck is more than $400 annually. He drives a big pickup truck as his commute vehicle. My friend lives in Federal Way, essentially in the heart of the RTA taxing district. And avoiding the enormous uncharge for tabs for their vehicle. Yet they are joining the traffic stream on local freeways each day to go work, to shop, to travel for leisure. There are, he said, marginal areas of each county where residents are not subject to the tax. ![]() But he is also aware that some of his customers live in areas where they are not subject to the Regional Transit Authority tax that is collected in Snohomish, King and Pierce Counties to pay for the cost of light rail to connect those cities in those counties. People from many parts of the county shop at his store and he is grateful for the business. Wednesday I was social distancing at a friend’s place, enjoying afternoon sun on his deck. ![]()
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