DC Budget Slows Sales Tax Hike, Establishes Live Card-Gaming Tax

May 27, 2025, 9:09 PM UTC

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) introduced a long-delayed fiscal 2026 budget including a host of tax changes meant to offset projected revenue losses resulting from widespread layoffs in the federal workforce that drives the city’s economy.

The nearly $12 billion budget proposal, originally due in early April, seeks to raise revenue by canceling a previously planned child tax credit, modifying a planned sales-tax hike, and allowing card-gaming facilities.

“We’re looking at a whole host of initiatives to make the District more appealing to businesses that want to locate here and keeping businesses here,” Bowser said in a press ...

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