Businessman Marc Barros says he has left Washington and is taking his Seattle-based company with him because taxes have become too burdensome.
Barros posted on X that it’s not even about the millionaire tax passed by the Washington State legislature last week, which places a 9.9% income tax on household incomes of more than than $1 million.
“I’m not even a millionaire affected by this tax. But when you add up all the costs to run a business in WA we can’t afford it,” he said. “You can build a remote team and re-open in Wyoming, removing all of these costs…