Why Microsoft and others are on the sidelines of WA ‘millionaires tax’ fight - Wed, 21 Oct 2026 PST

The last time Washingtonians voted on an income tax, the state's biggest corporations opened their wallets to kill the idea. In 2010, Microsoft and Boeing and top executives for companies including Amazon bankrolled opposition to an initiative that would have levied a tax on people making $200,000 or more a year. Voters overwhelmingly rejected the plan.