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Local sales taxes going up in Okanogan County

Mar 12, 2018

Consumers in Okanogan county will pay more in sales tax on purchases starting April 1, 2018. New tax rate increases will go to pay for emergency communications services, housing, transportation, and juvenile detention facilities in those communities.

The local sales tax rate in cities and in unincorporated areas of Okanogan County will increase by one-tenth of 1 percent to help pay for juvenile detention facilities and jails. The new sales tax rates are:

Unincorporated Okanogan County, Coulee Dam, Elmer City, Nespelem – 7.8 percent
Unincorporated transportation benefit area – 8.2 percent
Brewster, Conconully, Omak, Oroville, Pateros and Riverside – 8.2 percent
City of Okanogan, Tonasket and Winthrop – 8.3 percent
Twisp – 8.5 percent