“Today the Washington Supreme Court accepted review of Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s appeal of Douglas County Superior Court Judge Brian Huber’s March decision striking down the legislature’s recent attempt to impose a state income tax on Washingtonians,” said Eric Stahlfeld, chief litigation counsel for the Freedom Foundation.

“Despite a century of court rulings recognizing that our state constitution requires taxes on income to be equally applied and can’t exceed one percent without voter approval, Attorney General Ferguson and the state legislative majority are brazenly attempting to impose a selective capital gains income tax on Washington entrepreneurs.”

“The state enacted this illegal tax in 2021 knowing every step of the way that it was an intentional attempt to circumvent the state constitution,” concluded Stahlfeld. “But the constitution hasn’t been amended, the law is still the law, and the Freedom Foundation is confident the Supreme Court will again strike down this latest punitive tax scheme by greedy politicians in Olympia.”