Taxes & Insurance in Bothell
Bothell applies Washington's no-income-tax, capital-gains-excise-tax structure, a high combined sales tax rate, and a property tax rate that genuinely depends on which side of the King/Snohomish county line a specific address falls on.
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Learn moreNo state income tax, but a real capital gains excise tax
Washington has no state individual income tax, but a real, current statewide capital gains excise tax applies above an annual standard deduction: 7% on long-term gains up to $1M, 9.9% above that threshold (per 2025's SB 5813 amendment) -- directly relevant to Bothell's biotech- and tech-equity-compensated professionals.
A genuinely high combined sales tax rate
Bothell's minimum combined 2026 sales tax rate is 10.6%, among the higher rates documented across this Washington Tier B batch.
Property tax: a real, disclosed county-line dependency
King County's countywide average effective property tax rate (~0.83%, the highest of Washington's 39 counties) applies to Bothell's King County-side addresses -- City Hall, Canyon Park, and most of south Bothell. The Snohomish County-side portion (North Bothell, Canyon Creek, Thrashers Corner) would instead see Snohomish County's lower ~0.79% rate. This is a real, genuine complexity specific to Bothell among this batch's markets -- confirm a target property's actual county and levy rate directly.
Insurance benefits from an inland, non-coastal Puget Sound location
As an inland Puget Sound-region suburb without direct waterfront or Sound-facing exposure, Bothell does not carry the storm-surge or coastal-flood insurance premiums that some Puget Sound waterfront markets in this dataset (e.g. this build's own companion edmonds-wa.js) may see.
Key takeaways
- Washington's no state income tax is meaningfully offset by a real, current capital gains excise tax (7%-9.9%) on high earners statewide.
- Bothell's 10.6% combined sales tax rate is among the higher rates in this batch.
- Property tax genuinely depends on which county side of Bothell an address sits in -- King County's ~0.83% vs. Snohomish County's ~0.79%.
- Confirm a specific parcel's actual county and levy rate directly given Bothell's real county-line straddle.
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