Information from King County Assessor
King County Assessor John Wilson today released his 2023 general election Taxpayer Transparency Tool, a website which provides each King County taxpayer an individualized accounting of where their property tax dollars go, and the estimated cost of any proposed property tax measure to be voted on.
“Taxpayers have a right to know where their money is going, and what each proposed property tax levy will cost them,” said Wilson. “Property taxes keep going up. We need to make sure the public understands why.”
Property Tax Measures on the November Ballot:
City of Kirkland, Prop 1: Levy lid lift for expanded aquatics, recreation, and parks facilities and operations.
City of Maple Valley, Prop 1: Levy lid lift for public safety
City of Seattle, Prop 1: Property tax levy renewal for affordable housing
Enumclaw School District, Prop 1: General obligation bonds
Fife School District, Prop 1: General obligation bonds to replace Fife High School
Kent School District
Prop 1: Replacement of expiring educational operations levy
Prop 2: Capital projects and technology levy
Skykomish School District Prop 1: Capital projects and technology levy
King County Fire Protection District 27 (Fall City Fire Department), Prop 1: Property tax levy for fire protection and EMS
Snoqualmie Pass Fire and Rescue, Prop 1: Property tax levy for fire protection and EMS
Valley Regional Fire Authority (Auburn, Algona, Pacific) Prop 1: Fire authority bonds
Si View Metropolitan Park District (North Bend) Prop 1: Bonds to replace Si View pool.
The tool can be found at http://localscape.spatialest.com/#kingcountyassessor/Tax. There is a link to the tool on left side menu of the Assessor’s web page https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/assessor.aspx
The Transparency Tool only shows the impact of property tax measures. Other ballot measures, including sales tax measures or benefit charges, are not included.
The Tax Transparency Tool was introduced by Assessor Wilson and first used during the April special election in 2018.
The Tax Transparency Tool was developed for the King County Assessor by Spatialest Inc, a unique enterprise software company focusing on Location, Value and Technology. The company also created “Localscape” for the King County Assessor in 2014, a map-based visualization tool that aggregates data to present information. (http://localscape.spatialest.com/#kingcountyassessor/).