Generally, none have record-setting rates. But they have fairly high rates for all the taxes.

Unfortunately, we now need to either find a 50-and-over league that will accept us or join a golf league instead!

Even though there is an element of fairness in that proposal, we wouldn't recommend it. It sets a dangerous precedent. We'd just prefer that other states stop imposing their taxes on Washington athletes.

Officials offered to take four percentage points off that.

Income and sales taxes are both collected in dribs and drabs.

Any fundamental reform is a long shot, but there is no denying that the momentum behind the fair tax concept is building.

The biggest factor is income. The higher the state's per capita income, the higher the percentage that goes into the pot.

Any tax increases that did pass after the remarkably low collection in 2002 are contributing to the increased collections now.

Not everyone is a Shaquille O'Neal, making millions, that can travel with a coterie of accountants. We consider it to be an outrageous administrative burden on anyone who travels and works for a few days out of state.