跟进：华盛顿州废除「百万富翁税」倡议确定失败：发起方认输，9.9%高收入税2028年照常开征

美国华盛顿州旨在废除该州高收入所得税的第645号倡议（I-645）确定失败：倡议发起方11月5日承认，逾35万票的差距已无法追回。这意味着州议会今年通过的9.9%高收入税将按计划于2028年1月1日生效，首批税款2029年入库。计票显示，反对废除的选民约占58%，金县反对比例接近67%。

这项被支持者称为「百万富翁税」的税制由州议会今年3月通过的 SB 6346 法案设立，州长 Bob Ferguson 3月30日签署：对个人与家庭年工资收入超过100万美元的部分征收9.9%，只就超出门槛的部分计税，例如年收入150万美元者，就50万美元缴税49,500美元。Ferguson 多次表示将否决任何降低门槛的立法。

Ferguson 在选举夜对支持者说，华盛顿人想清楚了一件事：不会给百万富翁减税，而要把这些钱用来让全州工薪家庭的日子更负担得起。反对废除阵营「No on 645」发言人 Erik Houser 说，这一结果是选民的明确表态，支持让税制更公平、拒绝削减教育、医疗与托育。发起方「Let's Go Washington」的 Redmond 对冲基金经理 Brian Heywood 则表示，为保护华盛顿纳税人免受 Ferguson 持续「伸手要钱」的斗争远未结束。

税制接下来还要过法院一关：企业主提起的违宪诉讼正在克利基塔特县高等法院待审，预计最终将上诉至州最高法院，诉讼在选举期间基本处于搁置状态。（来源：华盛顿州州务卿办公室计票结果）

Follow-Up: Washington's Millionaires Tax Stands as Initiative 645 Backers Concede Defeat

Washington's high-earners income tax has withstood the effort to repeal it, as backers of Initiative 645 conceded defeat on November 5, acknowledging a gap of more than 350,000 votes that could not be overcome. About 58 percent of voters opposed repealing the tax, with nearly 67 percent opposed in King County. The result clears the way for the 9.9 percent tax on household wage income above $1 million to take effect on January 1, 2028, with the first collections due in 2029.

The levy, called the "millionaires tax" by backers, was created by Senate Bill 6346, passed by the Legislature in March and signed by Governor Bob Ferguson on March 30. It applies only to the portion of income above the $1 million threshold, so a household earning $1.5 million would owe the tax on $500,000, an expected bill of $49,500. Ferguson has repeatedly vowed to veto any legislation that would lower the threshold and has expressed confidence that courts would uphold the levy.

"Washingtonians understood one thing, we're not going to give tax breaks to millionaires when we can use those dollars to make life more affordable for working families all across the state," Ferguson told supporters on election night. Erik Houser, spokesman for the No on 645 campaign, called the result a definitive statement that voters support a fairer tax code and reject cuts to education, health care and child care. Brian Heywood, the Redmond hedge fund manager who leads Let's Go Washington, which put the initiative on the ballot, said the fight to protect Washington taxpayers was far from over.

A legal challenge could still stop the tax from taking effect. A lawsuit filed by business owners challenging its constitutionality is pending in Klickitat County Superior Court and is expected to eventually reach the state Supreme Court; the case was essentially on hold until after the election. (Source: Washington Secretary of State Election Results)

来源：华盛顿州州务卿办公室计票结果

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