(PASCO, WA) -- Franklin PUD paid $1.7 million in “privilege
taxes” to the State of Washington on June 1, 2018. The annual tax was levied on
2017 revenue for the privilege of providing electricity in the state. The
privilege taxes collected by the state include $578,562 allocated to the state
school fund, $176,313 to the state general fund and $960,166 to Franklin
County.
In addition to the privilege tax, Franklin PUD paid the
following taxes in 2017: $3 million to the state for the public utility tax;
municipal utility taxes of $4.7 million to the City of Pasco, $385,854 to the
City of Connell, $9,527 to the City of Kahlotus, and other excise taxes of
$38,523 to the state.
