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The AWB Policy Summit brings together employers and policy experts to help make sense of the issues impacting employers and communities and helps build connections with fellow business leaders from across the state
- Big tax change on services coming soon – AWB needs your input
Please read and reach out to AWB Tax Fiscal Policy Director Max Martin, maxm@awb org, with any questions or feedback Click here to download a PDF of the changes New Sales Tax on These Services (starts Oct 1, 2025) Your customers will start paying sales tax (state rate: 6 5% + local rates) when you sell these services:
- Employers talk trade policy impacts at AWB’s Spring Meeting
VANCOVUER – AWB returned for the fourth year to Vancouver for its annual Spring Meeting, bringing Washington employers togethers to talk tariffs, transportation, education and workforce and more
- 2025 Gubernatorial Transition - Association of Washington Business
New administration: AWB’s series of post-election webinars continues on Wednesday, Nov 20, at 11 a m as we hear from Gov -Elect Ferguson’s team about how they are going about planning Washington’s first gubernatorial transition in 12 years
- More supply, not rent control: AWB, housing providers testify at . . .
(Photo: Brian Mittge AWB) OLYMPIA — A proposal to enact statewide rent control received a hearing Monday on the first day of Washington’s 2025 legislative session, with housing providers warning about the policy’s negative impacts to Washington’s housing supply
- 2025 Policy Summit - Association of Washington Business - awb. org
Join us Sept 16 – 18 in Spokane for Washington’s premier public policy gathering The AWB Policy Summit brings together employers and policy experts to help make sense of the issues impacting employers and communities and helps build connections with fellow business leaders from across the state
- AWB’s grades for the 2025 legislative session
AWB’s Government Affairs Team recapped the 2025 legislative session in a members-exclusive webinar on May 1 Here’s a look at the highlights and lowlights by policy area Tax Fiscal Policy: Largest tax increases in state history (video) Grade: F- The Legislature approved a nearly $78 billion two-year budget that relies on major tax hikes
- Bumps to international trade hit hard in Washington - awb. org
AWB has serious concerns about the impacts of the tariffs on Washington’s economy – one of the most trade-driven in the nation While targeted tariffs may be helpful, broad tariffs bring unintended consequences that threaten businesses and jobs, while driving up prices of everyday goods
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