Seattle OKs taxing companies like Amazon to aid the homeless
SEATTLE (AP) " Seattle's largest businesses such as Amazon and Starbucks will have to pay a new tax to help fund homeless services and affordable housing under a measure approved by city leaders.The City Council unanimously passed a compromise plan Monday that taxes businesses making at least $20 million in gross revenues about $275 per full-time worker each year " lower than the $500 per worker initially proposed. The so-called "head tax" would raise roughly $48 million a year to [...]
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