Analysis Complete for Second Substitute House Bill 2158

Office of Financial Management

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2SHB 2158, titled AN ACT Relating to creating a workforce education investment to train Washington students for Washington jobs, 10 year analysis complete. 

The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

Fiscal
Year

   B&O Tax

 

2020

$ 113,100,000

2021

266,900,000

2022

277,400,000

2023

288,300,000

2024

296,200,000

2025

304,300,000

2026

312,600,000

2027

321,100,000

2028

329,900,000

2029

338,900,000

 

Total:

$ 2,848,700,000





This bill would implement new, and expand existing, workforce education opportunities to help prepare people for jobs that will require postsecondary credentials.  A Workforce Education Investment Account would be created to provide funding to carry out the various initiatives listed in the bill.  Activities listed in the bill would be funded by surcharges levied on the Business and Occupation (B&O) taxes paid by various entities.  The surcharges would take effect on business activities occurring on or after January 1, 2020.

 

The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges does not set, administer or collect any of the taxes listed in this bill.

 

WWU will not receive cash receipts as a result of this bill, but instead will receive appropriations as result of the bill.

 

Section 74.1.a: Imposes a 20 percent business and occupation (B&O) surcharge on the income from service and other activities of select businesses. 

 

Section74.4.a.i: Imposes a 33.33 percent B&O surcharge on the income from service and other activities of advanced computing businesses with revenue of more than $25 billion, but less than $100 billion. 

 

Section 74.4.a.ii: Imposes a 66.66 percent B&O surcharge on the income from service and other activities of advanced computing businesses with revenue of more than $100 billion.

 

The bill provides appropriations to Eastern Washington University. Per OFM instructions, we have not included these amounts in the 10 year analysis.

 

WSU will not collect any cash receipts from the fees in this bill.

 

L&I will not have cash receipts associated with this bill.

 

The Office of Financial Management receives no cash receipts for the requirements of this bill.

 

The Office of the Governor will not receive any cash receipts related to the requirements of this bill.