Trevor Finchamp, co-owner of Karma Cultivate, was surprised when he received a notice from the Washington Department of Revenue this summer.

The Spokane-based digital marketing agency he runs with his wife has roughly a dozen clients and mainly cater to nonprofit organizations. Founded nearly six years ago, the firm offers services such as website creation, photography, video and event planning.

In August, Finchamp was among 90,000 business owners in Washington notified that beginning Oct. 1, their business would need to start collecting sales tax from customers as the result of a tax package adopted during the 2025 legislative session.

“I’m not antitax, by any means. I understand where it’s going, and I support that,” Finchamp said. “But the way this has been rolled out, it’s been a li

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