County Announces Changes to Sales Tax Boundaries

Effective April 1, 2008, the Spokane County Public Transportation Benefit Area (PTBA) has revised the boundaries of the PTBA to reflect the Spokane Urban Growth boundary. With the revision of the boundary, the sales tax rate in specific areas of Spokane County has changed. This means your building project previously in the PTBA and subject to 8.6% sales tax, may now be subject to 8.0% sales tax as of April 1st. In a few areas of the county the tax rate has increased from 8.0% to 8.6%. The new boundaries are defined by maps on the Spokane County website http://www.spokanecounty.org/budget/taxes.asp . Wall size maps are also available for purchase by contacting Margaret Smith.