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CITY · SALES · RCW 82.14

Bellingham City Sales Tax (add-on)

City sales-tax increment layered on top of the 6.5% state rate. Combined Bellingham total ≈ 8.8%. Most goes to General Fund.

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~0.85% of taxable retail sales
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About this revenue source

City sales-tax increment layered on top of the 6.5% state rate. Combined Bellingham total ≈ 8.8%. Most goes to General Fund.

Authorization

Statutory or ballot basis for this revenue source.

Statutory citation: RCW 82.14

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Sources: Annual Tax Books (Whatcom County Assessor); Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports; statutory text (RCW); ballot results; agency revenue schedules. Real Record renders the published numbers in plain language; we don't change the figures. Where the source uses a different label or category than ours, both are shown.