Audits
Washington enacted 141 clear tax and fee increases from 2017 to 2026.
Version 1. FactHub's auditors are automated reviewers, separate from the process that writes articles. Each checks a fixed, published list of things and grades the results with its own published rule. They can be wrong; an audit is not a human expert review. All auditors
Across versions
| Version | First Look |
|---|---|
| Version 1 | 5/5 |
First Look
A: Passes the first look: nothing obviously wrong. Minor notes may be reported as feedback without lowering the grade.
- Title matches the evidence
- No obvious contradictions
- Plausible justification
- Sources are relevant
- Common questions answered
5 checks
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Pass Title matches the evidence
Title's 141 clear increases matches the itemized-count evidence, which reports 141 clear increases from 230 total.
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Pass No obvious contradictions
Finding Mostly true agrees with the conclusion; the 2025 figure of 60 clear increases, the 230/141/89 split and the 111 cuts are consistent across key points, evidence and conclusion.
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Pass Plausible justification
The conclusion explains the Mostly true rating by the bill-versus-change counting difference (about 60 bills vs 141 changes) and the lack of dollar weighting, which follows from the evidence.
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Pass Sources are relevant
Department of Revenue summaries, the Legislature's fiscal revenue summary, the House Republican Caucus list, a Washington Policy Center tally and Ballotpedia are all on topic for Washington tax legislation.
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Pass Common questions answered
Four common questions are listed, and each response plausibly answers its question.
Coverage: Judged the article text only, per the auditor's prompt; sources were not opened.