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Washington state says no to tax increase

By Janice Wood · April 12, 2010 ·

The Washington state House voted April 11 to approve a tax revenue bill, without the aircraft excise tax increase that legislators had earlier insisted on keeping in the bill, according to a report at AOPA.org.

The story notes that lawmakers had proposed a 0.5% annual excise tax on aircraft based in the state, an increase that would have created the highest registration rates in the nation for many types of aircraft.

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