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Public Query-Local Tax DistributionsGuide to using the Local Tax Distribution query

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Table of Contents

NEW FEATURES ……………………………………………..PAGE 2

SELECTING AND VIEWING DATA ……………………….PAGE 4

Select a Distribution Year, Distribution Month, Tax, and Location

NAVIGATING AND MANIPULATING DATA …………...PAGE 9

Setting the results per page

View year, month, location code, location, tax or distribution in

ascending/descending order

Selecting a page

Viewing unique record counts for locations

EXPORTING ………………………………………………….PAGE 14

Export data into a PDF document

Export data into a CSV file

ARCHIVED QUERY (PRE-2011) ………………………….. PAGE 16

DISTRIBUTION REPORT………………………………….. PAGE 17

LOCAL TAX REFERENCE GUIDE ………………………..PAGE 18

RESOURCES ………………………………………………….PAGE 19

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New Features

Hovering

Select data by hovering over a drop down item to select the

data you need to view using the check boxes.

View a Single Location or All Locations

Do you want to view a single location or all location

without having to use separate queries? The new query

system allows users to view all cities and counties, an

individual city and/or county, specific cities and/or counties

or cities within a county.

Auto complete Search options

Easily search a year, month, tax or location by typing in the

results you are looking for. This is a great new way to search

for data.

Quickly export query results in a user-friendly

format

Download user-friendly reports in a PDF or CSV document.

Data Manipulation

The query is not providing the view of the data you need.

No problem, easily use the CSV file to manipulate data in

Excel, Lotus, Visual Basic, SQL, SAS and more!

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Selecting & Viewing Data

• Select a Distribution Year, Distribution Month, Tax, and

Location

o Selecting a Year or Multiple Years

Click the “Distribution

Year” down arrow or hover

over the list box.

Then select a year.

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Selecting & Viewing Data

• Selecting a Month or Multiple Months

Click the “Distribution

Month” down arrow or hover

over the list box.

Then select a Month.

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Selecting & Viewing Data

• Selecting a Tax or All Taxes

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Selecting & Viewing Data

• Selecting a Location (City/County by name or Location Code)

• Selecting All Locations

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Selecting & Viewing Data

• Select an Unincorporated County and the cities within the

county

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Navigating and Manipulating Data

• Setting the results per page

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Navigating and Manipulating Data

• View year, month, location code, location, tax or distribution in

ascending/descending order

o Ascending Order

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Navigating and Manipulating Data

• Descending Order

• Click the “Distribution” column hyperlink twice.

• This works for Year, Month, Location Code,

Location or Tax.

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Navigating and Manipulating Data

• Selecting a Page

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Navigating and Manipulating Data

• Viewing unique record counts for locations

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Exporting Data

• Export data into a PDF document

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Exporting Data

• Export data into a CSV file

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Archived Query (1983-2011)

Annual Distribution Report

Click the Local Sales & Use Tax Distribution hyperlink to view the annual reports.

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Local Tax Reference Guide

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Resources

Local Sales & Use Tax Rates and Changes

http://dor.wa.gov/content/findtaxesandrates/SalesAndUseTaxRates/Local

Sales_Use.aspx

Data Resources for Local Budget Forecasters:

http://dor.wa.gov/Docs/Pubs/Misc/LocalFinOfficerPresentation.pdf