Boeing’s $8.7 Billion Washington State Tax Break Under Scrutiny (1)

The Washington state Legislature should decide the extent to which continuing a pledge for up to $8.7 billion in tax credits to Boeing Co. should be pegged to its employment levels, an advisory panel said Oct. 9.

The Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences meeting came after years of scrutiny over whether Boeing deserves the package of perks.

The Washington Legislature in 2013 passed the expanded tax package with the goal of encouraging the company to maintain and grow jobs in the state’s aerospace industry. Boeing fulfilled its promise that it would build a carbon-fiber wing factory ...