Household calculator
Welcome
Thank you for taking the time to learn more about how Carbon Washington's proposal would impact your household
We'll ask you a few questions about yourself and your expenses in order to best calculate how your household would be affected. We encourage you to skip around and to change your estimates to see how that affects the result.
For the best estimate, please answer all questions. The calculator will by default assume a value of 0 for all blank fields, which will affect the accuracy your results.
Curious about how we calculated a value? Check out the 
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Income
Estimated Taxes
Select which estimate of your annual sales tax you would like to use:
Working Family Rebate (WFR)
If you are sure that your annual household income of $0 does not qualify for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), please skip to Gasoline and Diesel Usage
Earned Income Tax Credit
Choose an estimate of how much federal Earned Income Tax Credit you qualify for:
Gasoline and Diesel Usage
How much gasoline does your household use? Amounts for diesel vehicle, boat, and small plane fuel/mileage should also be included in the inputs for this section. Please choose one of these three calculation options:
Air Travel
Remember to add up the miles for each person. Example: The Smiths, a family of 3, flew from Seattle to Los Angeles, which is 1000 miles. 3 people x 1000 miles = 3000.
Home Energy Usage
How much energy does your home use? Please complete the steps below:
Step 1
Is payment for your utility bill split among several people?
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Do you know your home's energy usage in units of therms, kWh, etc. (from utility bills or another source)?
Step 5
Enter your household's energy use per year:therms of natural gas
gallons of fuel oil
kWh of electricity
Step 5
How is your home heated?Natural gas
Fuel oil
Electricity
Wood or wood pellets
Other/don't know (we will assume you use natural gas.)
Step 6
For example, if your home uses half the energy of an average home, enter "50". If your home uses twice the energy of an average home, enter "200"
%Summary
We estimate that your household's additional tax savings as a result of implementing I-732 would total $0 per year.
We estimate that your household's additional tax payments as a result of implementing I-732 would total $0 per year.
In total we estimate your household would an additional $0 per year as a result of implementing I-732.
Calculations
Interested in how we reached that conclusion? Check out the sections below.
Sales Tax Savings
With a 1 percentage point reduction in sales tax, we estimate that your household would save $0 per year.
Working Family Rebate
We estimate that your household would qualify for a state Working Families Rebate of $0 per year.
Gasoline and Diesel Usage
We estimate that your household would spend $0 more per year due to carbon taxes on gasoline.
Air Travel
We estimate that your household would spend $0 more per year due to carbon taxes on jet fuel.
Home Energy Usage
We estimate that your household would spend this much more due to carbon taxes on fossil fuel sources for home energy:
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