NFIB Washington

06/09/2026

“Olympia’s bad decisions have made some growing national and international concerns, like energy prices, inflation, and supply chain disruptions far more acute for Washington’s small business owners. From the Climate Commitment Act’s carbon tax and low-carbon fuel standard to last year’s 6-cent per gallon gas tax hike with a 2% annual escalator to new and increased payroll taxes to nearly $15 billion in new taxes enacted in just the last two legislative sessions, Washington’s Main Street small business owners simply can’t catch a break, let alone get ahead. While it’s easy for the governor and legislative leaders to blame Washington DC, voters should take a much closer look at how Olympia’s decisions are driving up prices and skimming more and more of your take-home pay oh, leaving you and your family with less.”

Washington state comment on June 2026 SBET

06/04/2026

“Our Jobs Report is a national snapshot not broken down by state, but it’s a safe bet that our newly instituted state income tax will worsen the outlook of Washington small business owners when they make future hiring decisions.”

Washington state director comment on May 2026 Jobs Report

06/03/2026

With a $1M total prize pool, the SBA Patriot Pitch Competition awards American innovation!

Key details:
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Learn more and submit your pitch: https://www.sba.gov/freedom250

04/15/2026

"Additionally, Washington is projected to gain 30,000 new jobs annually over the next 10 years if the deduction remains in place, including an annual GDP increase of $1.9 billion for the first decade and $3.8 billion per year beyond 2035."

Washington Tax Day news release on Small Business Deduction

04/09/2026

“Washington small businesses look forward to working with former Attorney General Rob McKenna, former state Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge, and groups such as the Citizen Action Defense Fund, in stopping this tax from going any further,” said Elizabeth Milito, Executive Director of the National Federation of Independent Business’ Small Business Legal Center.

“All throughout the bill’s legislative journey, NFIB took great pains to point out that business earnings are not the same as take-home pay and that 85% of small businesses are organized as pass-through entities for federal tax purposes and report their business earnings and expenses on their personal income tax forms.”

NFIB joins lawsuit against Washington state's Millionaire Tax

04/03/2026

“NFIB’s latest Jobs Report does not come as much of a surprise, although it was interesting to see that finding qualified employees – let alone any employees – remains an intractable problem, as it has for a decade now. Washington state’s job outlook remains even gloomier, with no net job gains forecast in the near term. The imposition of a new income tax on certain small-business owners all but guarantees more job losses on Main Street, unless voters overturn it.”

Washington comment on March 2026 Jobs Report

03/30/2026

The so-called ‘progressive revenue’ it promises to raise targets Main Street but exempts Wall Street. Your favorite local, family-owned restaurant or downtown retail shop may be forced to raise prices or consider closing its doors thanks to the Millionaire Tax, while billion-dollar national chains and big box stores somehow escaped it.

Washington state millionaire tax signed into law

03/18/2026

“This is another instance of indifferent lower courts deferring to out-of-control bureaucrats who ignore the spirit and plain letter of the law, causing real harm to the very people that law is intended to assist,” said Patrick Connor, state director for NFIB in Washington. “I am proud that NFIB‘s Small Business Legal Center is willing to stand with family farmers and other small-business owners seeking to correct these injustices.”

NFIB Washington on filing of petition in Fode land-use case

03/11/2026

“The majority party repeatedly mentioned they were doing this to help small business, a nod to the expanded B&O exemption for very small firms.

“Had they listened to our state’s small-business owners and representative organizations, they would’ve heard loud and clear that small business does not want this new income tax.

“One of the few amendments unexpectedly adopted was a tax break for hospitals and a handful of the state’s largest physician groups, including Optum and UW Physicians, reinforcing how tone deaf the legislative majority is to our small medical practices and other small business owners.”

State director comment on Washington House passage of the Millionaire Tax