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Sales tax and nonprofits

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Definitions For Federal income tax purposes, according to the IRS , tax-exempt organizations include: Charitable: Organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes. Washington State gives no blanket exemption to nonprofits.

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What’s new in sales tax?

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The 2% statewide sales tax proposed would be on top of any local taxes and would not exempt groceries, medicine or other items that have been exempted in previous sales tax bills. Mike Dunleavy has said he’d support an Alaska state sales tax. WalletHub has a new survey of states’ tax burdens. Heaviest and lightest.

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Midwest and Mountain West Saw Biggest Income Gains Over Last 4 Years

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Newcomers to Utah, for example, brought both more income and oftentimes smaller families than the longtime Mormon population, boosting per capita incomes, he noted. And competition for scarce service and manufacturing workers has forced employers to pay more. The knocks to personal incomes affected state revenues.