Local Taxes & Fees in Port Townsend, WA (2026)
1 verified local taxes & fees rules for Port Townsend, Washington, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Business Tax Classification
Port Townsend taxes gross receipts under seven B&O classifications - retailing, wholesaling, manufacturing, extracting, printing/publishing, retail services, and other services - each at a flat 0.2 percent rate, with a full exemption below $100,000 in citywide annual gross receipts.
Port Townsend Business Tax Classifications
Some RestrictionsPTMC 5.04A.050
Upon every person engaging within the city in the business of making sales at retail, as to such persons, the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross proceeds of such sales... multiplied by the rate of 0.2 of one percent. ... The gross receipts tax imposed in this section shall not apply to any person whose gross proceeds of sales, gross income of the business, a...