With a Kent School District capital projects and technology levy on the Nov. 5 general election ballot, property owners can search online to see how much the measure will cost them if voters approve it.
King County Assessor John Wilson on Monday, Oct. 21, released his 2024 general election Taxpayer Transparency Tool, a website which provides each King County taxpayer an individualized accounting of where their property tax dollars go, and the estimated cost of any proposed property tax measure to be voted on.
“Taxpayers have a right to know where their money is going, and what each proposed property tax levy will cost them,” Wilson said in a media release. “Property taxes keep going up. We need to make sure the public understands why.”
Kent School District voters will consider a three-year measure of $97.8 million. An estimated $73.35 million would go towards capital projects and $24.45 million to technology projects.
In addition to Kent, the city of Des Moines, city of Seattle, Auburn School District, Issaquah School District and Lake Washington School District also have property tax measures on the ballot.
The tool can be found at http://localscape.spatialest.com/#kingcountyassessor/Tax.
The Transparency Tool only shows the impact of property tax measures. Other ballot measures, including sales tax measures or benefit charges, are not included.
The Tax Transparency Tool was introduced by Wilson and first used during the April special election in 2018.
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