Finance Links

Washington State

• Washington State Department of Licensing Business License Page
• Washington State Department of Revenue
  • Local and Sales Tax Distributions
  • Property Tax Statistical Reports
  • Tax Reference Manual
  • Tax Alternatives for Washington State: A Report to the Legislature.Washington State Tax Structure Study, November 2002
  • Tax Exemptions 2004
  • Comparative State and Local Taxes 2004
• Washington State Auditor's Office
  • BARS Manual and Updates
• Washington State Office of Financial Management
  • April 1 Population Estimates for Distribution of State-Shared Revenues
• Washington State Senate Highways and Transportation Committee
• Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee
• Washington State Treasurer's Office

Federal

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs - Compendium of assistance programs administered by the federal government.
• U.S Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Poverty Guidelines
• U.S. Department of Treasury
• U.S. Internal Revenue Service
  • Federal State and Local Government Newsletter - Current Edition
  • Federal State and Local Government Newsletter - Archive
• U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Associations and Non-Governmental

• Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada.
• Economagic - Downloadable time series data on prices, interest rates, employment, and gross domestic product at federal and state level.
• Federal Money Retriever - Guide to federal funding sources - commercial service; some information available without charge
• Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)
• Governmental Accounting Standards Board
• Washington Finance Officers Association (WFOA)
• Washington Municipal Treasurer's Association

Articles and Reports

• "How Washington Compares, 1999,"Washington Research Council. How Washington state and local governments spend and collect money compared to other states.
• Trends in State Spending (March 29, 2007), Washington Research Council and WashACE
• "The Way We Tax: A 50 State Report," Governing Magazine, February 2003. An assessment of all 50 state tax systems in three critical areas: adequacy of revenue; fairness to taxpayers; and management of the tax collection process.