Taxes & Utilities

Taxes

• Mount Vernon has no Business and Occupation (B&O) Tax (Manufactures)
• Mount Vernon's local sales tax rate is 8.8%; compared to Seattle's 10.25%
• Mount Vernon has a B&O credit for new employees in manufacturing and research and development and also has a rural county B&O tax credit for new employees-- Seattle (King County) and Tacoma (Pierce County) do not.
• Mount Vernon has lower industrial building lease rates and asking prices.

Read more on Mount Vernon's tax incentives.

City Utilities

• Solid Waste (garbage, recycling, and yard waste)
• Surface Water (stormwater)
• Wastewater (sanitary sewer)

Potable Water

Potable water is not provided by the City of Mount Vernon; but rather, by the Public Utility District #1.

Bills

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