Fox News – EXCLUSIVE: Freedom Foundation Sues Seattle Over Controversial New Income Tax
The Freedom Foundation sued Seattle Wednesday over its controversial new income tax on the rich, which critics call “an assault” on the law that sets a dangerous precedent.
The Washington Examiner – Seattle Sued Over Controversial Income Tax On The Wealthy
A conservative group is suing the city of Seattle over its controversial income tax that targets high-income earners as part of what local lawmakers describe as “a new formula for fairness.”
The Daily Signal – Freedom Foundation Drains Union Membership Rolls by Promoting First Amendment
Union leaders in Washington state who plotted to undermine a U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning mandatory union dues are now seeing the other end of that boot in the form of free speech activism and diminished membership.
Fox News – Freedom Foundation Sues Seattle Over Controversial New Income Tax
The Seattle City Council wants to tax the rich but the Freedom Foundation is suing claiming the hike is unconstitutional
Seattle PI – ‘Illegal For Many Reasons’: Group Sues Seattle Over Income Tax
Seattle’s recently approved high-earner income tax will face a court challenge from the Freedom Foundation, which sued the city Wednesday.
Seattle Weekly – Fremont ‘Baroness,’ Shoe Designer, Microsoft Exec Sue Over Income Tax
But as the lawsuits show, not all Seattleites are in agreement—and the Freedom Foundation suit has a particularly colorful cast of complainants. That suit raises the obvious constitutional questions about the income tax; argues that cities don’t have the authority to invent new forms of taxation and are expressly barred by state law from taxing net income; says the tax should be subject to a vote of the people; and argues that the plaintiffs’ privacy rights would be violated if they had to submit their income information to the state.
The Wall Street Journal – Lawsuit Says Seattle’s ‘Tax-the-Rich’ Measure Violates State Constitution
The new Seattle measure, passed by the city council in July, would impose a 2.25% tax on any income over $250,000 or above $500,000 for couples filing jointly. It is expected to impact about 9,000, or 2%, of the city’s taxpayers.
The Blaze – Freedom Foundation Sues Seattle Over Tax Targeting The ‘Rich’
The Freedom Foundation, a national think tank based in Washington state that promotes limited government and free enterprise, sued the city of Seattle on Wednesday over the city’s newly passed income tax that targets the rich, Fox News reported.
RedState – Seattle Adopts Illegal Income Tax: Freedom Foundation Files Suit To Stop It
The Freedom Foundation filed suit against the Seattle City Council in King County Superior Court on Wednesday, after the body approved a personal income tax targeting high-income earners in the city last month. In what they called a “new formula for fairness,” the council adopted the 2.25 percent tax on individuals earning more than $250,000 and couples earning more than $500,000.
Komo News – Freedom Foundation Files Lawsuit Against Seattle’s High-Income Tax
The Freedom Foundation filed the suit Wednesday in King County Superior Court, saying the new tax is illegal and unconstitutional, according to David Dewhirst, who is a litigation counsel for Freedom Foundation.
Fox Business – Lawsuit Says Seattle’s ‘Tax-the-Rich’ Measure Violates State Constitution
The new Seattle measure, passed by the city council in July, would impose a 2.25% tax on any income over $250,000 or above $500,000 for couples filing jointly. It is expected to impact about 9,000, or 2%, of the city’s taxpayers.
PJ Media – Seattle Sued Over ‘Tax the Rich’ Law
The conservative think tank Freedom Foundation is suing the city of Seattle over a controversial new law that targets the rich with a special tax surcharge.
Truckers Report – Freedom Foundation Sues Seattle Over Controversial New Income Tax
The Freedom Foundation sued Seattle Wednesday over its controversial new income tax on the rich, which critics call “an assault” on the law that sets a dangerous precedent.
MyNorthwest – 3 Suits Filed Against Seattle Target Income Tax On Wealthy
Seattle residents represented by the Freedom Foundation sued the city on Wednesday, which followed a lawsuit filed by five residents whose legal team includes former Republican state Attorney General Rob McKenna and two former state Supreme Court justices and another filed by investment manager Michael Kunath.
MyNorthwest – What People Outside Seattle Should Know About Income Tax Lawsuits
If the challenges against Seattle’s income tax fail, people living outside of the city need to understand that it could open the flood gates for state lawmakers and other jurisdictions.
Reason – Lawsuit Says Seattle’s Income Tax Illegal, Unconstitutional
Seattle’s “almost certainly illegal” income tax, passed last month, is already the subject of three separate lawsuits charging that it is, well, illegal.
