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Washington's new taxes are driving Columbia Bank's top executives out of the state.

True. Columbia says new Washington taxes cost it about $8 million a year; its CEO and most executive roles are moving. The company's own statements as reported in October 2026, the CEO's March 2026 remarks to investors, and his September home sale all point to taxes, and Washington's tax rules show why moving executives, rather than branches, is the step that cuts the bill.

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FactHub rates the claim “Washington's new taxes are driving Columbia Bank's top executives out of the state” True (moderate confidence): Columbia says new Washington taxes cost it about $8 million a year; its CEO and most executive roles are moving. Reviewed October 13, 2026. https://facthub.org/n/article/columbia-bank-executives-washington-taxes/2

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What the evidence establishes

  • Columbia Banking System is opening an executive office near Scottsdale, Arizona, and moving most executive roles there; CEO Clint Stein sold his Auburn home in September 2026.
  • The company says new Washington taxes cost it about $8 million a year. In March 2026 Stein put the 2025 B&O tax increase alone at about $7.5 million.
  • That B&O tax mostly follows Columbia's Washington customers, so moving executives trims it but cannot eliminate it.
  • The 9.9% income tax on income over $1 million, which starts in 2028, taxes wages by days worked in Washington. Moving the office, not just the home, is what avoids it; Stein was paid about $7.7 million in 2025.
  • The state's revenue estimate for the income tax, about $3.7 billion in fiscal 2030 from about 21,000 filers, assumes no taxpayer changes behavior in response.
  • Initiative 645 would repeal the income tax but not the 2025 B&O increase behind most of Columbia's stated $8 million.
  • Research using IRS data finds millionaire migration is small overall, so one bank's move shows a real response, not a mass exodus.
Important context: Columbia Banking System, the parent of Columbia Bank, still has 109 Washington branches, more than in any other state, and its customer-facing jobs are not reported to be moving. The claim is about where the company's top leadership works, not the bank as a whole. The move became an issue in the campaign over Initiative 645, which would repeal Washington's new 9.9% tax on household income over $1 million; that tax takes effect in 2028 and is not what produces the $8 million Columbia says it now pays.

The evidence

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Method Institution / country Year(s) What it shows Key limitation Primary links
News reporting of company statements Puget Sound Business Journal (as summarized by KIRO 7 and MyNorthwest) United States 2026 On October 12, 2026, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported that Columbia Banking System is opening an executive office in the Scottsdale area later in October and moving most executive roles to Arizona. The company said new Washington taxes cost it about $8 million a year. CEO Clint Stein sold his Auburn home for $2.45 million in September and is relocating permanently. Stein said the headquarters will stay in the Pacific Northwest for now but 'probably will change,' since it depends on where executives spend most of their time, 'which going forward is less and less in Tacoma.' Columbia's 109 Washington branches remain its largest state presence. The original report is paywalled; we relied on two outlets that summarized it, and neither says how many people are moving or names the taxes behind the $8 million. The company's 2026 proxy still lists Tacoma as its principal executive office. KIRO 7 MyNorthwest
Executive statements to investors RBC Capital Markets Global Financial Institutions Conference United States 2026 At an investor conference on March 11, 2026, Stein said the 2025 B&O tax increase raised Columbia's state tax liability by about $7.5 million, close to the $8 million reported in October. He predicted that most of the roughly 22,000 people expected to pay the new income tax would leave the state, said a statewide version of Seattle's payroll-based head tax would cost the bank several million dollars, and said non-customer-facing roles 'we can put anywhere in our footprint.' This comes from a third-party summary of the conference remarks, not an official company transcript. Statements to investors are the company's own account and are not independently audited. Investing.com
Legislative and financial document analysis Washington State Legislature, Columbia Banking System United States 2025, 2026 The 2025 tax package (HB 2081) raised the B&O rate on service income for larger businesses from 1.75% to 2.1%, effective October 1, 2025, and raised a separate surcharge for financial institutions with at least $1 billion in annual net income from 1.2% to 1.5%. Columbia reported about $549 million in 2025 net income, below that threshold, so the general service-rate increase is the likely source of most of its added cost. The 9.9% income tax cannot be part of the current $8 million: it takes effect January 1, 2028, with first payments due in 2029, and it applies to individuals, not companies. Columbia has not published an itemized breakdown, so the attribution to specific B&O changes is our inference from the rates and the CEO's March estimate. Other 2025 changes may contribute. Washington State Legislature Columbia Banking System Investing.com Washington Office of Financial Management
Tax regulation analysis Washington Department of Revenue United States 2018, 2026 Washington taxes a multistate bank's service income by a receipts formula (WAC 458-20-19404). Interest on loans secured by Washington real estate is assigned to Washington by property location, other loan interest by the borrower's location, and card income by the cardholder's billing address, regardless of where the bank's employees work. Income from investment and trading assets is the exception: it is assigned to the place of business where the assets are managed, presumed to be the company's commercial domicile, defined as where it is 'principally managed and directed.' Moving management can therefore shift that investment-income share out of Washington, but the customer-based share, which is most of a lending bank's income, stays. We did not have Columbia's split between loan income and investment income, so we cannot say how much of the $8 million a move could save. How the Department of Revenue would treat Columbia's specific arrangements is not public. Washington Department of Revenue
Statutory analysis and SEC filing review Washington Department of Revenue, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (company filing) United States 2026 Under the new income tax, residents owe 9.9% on Washington taxable income above $1 million per household. Nonresidents owe it on Washington-source income, and wages are sourced by the share of workdays spent in Washington. An executive who moves to Arizona but keeps working in Tacoma still owes the tax on those wages; one who works from an Arizona office does not. Columbia's 2026 proxy reports Stein's 2025 compensation at about $7.7 million. If income of that size were all Washington-taxable, the tax would be roughly $660,000 a year (9.9% of the amount above $1 million). Arizona's income tax is a flat rate of about 2.5%. Reported compensation is not the same as taxable income: stock awards are valued when granted but taxed when they vest, and the tax applies per household. The $660,000 figure is an illustration, not an estimate of anyone's actual tax. The company has not said the income tax influenced its decision. Washington Office of Financial Management U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)
Fiscal note review Washington Department of Revenue, Washington Office of Financial Management United States 2026 The Department of Revenue's fiscal note for the enacted bill (ESSB 6346) projects about $2.7 billion from the income tax in fiscal 2029 and $3.7 billion in fiscal 2030, from approximately 21,000 filers in the first year. Its assumptions state: 'In response to the new tax, affected taxpayers do not reduce taxable income.' It adjusts for compliance and federal enforcement but includes no reduction for people moving or shifting work out of state. Dividing fiscal 2030 revenue by the filer count gives an average of about $178,000 a year per filer. Static estimates are standard practice for Washington fiscal notes, and the department may account for behavior in later forecasts. The per-filer average is our calculation and hides heavy concentration among the highest earners. Washington Office of Financial Management
Peer-reviewed study of IRS administrative records Stanford University, U.S. Department of the Treasury United States 2016 A study by Cristobal Young and colleagues, using IRS records for every U.S. millionaire filer over more than a decade, found that millionaires move between states at lower rates than the general population and that tax-driven migration is small, with little effect on states' millionaire tax base. Columbia's move fits the narrow pattern this research allows for: a few highly mobile, highly paid people shifting where they work, rather than a broad departure. The study predates Washington's tax and covers states with long-established income taxes. Behavior may differ when a state with no income tax adds one, and remote work has made relocation easier since the study's data period. American Sociological Review
Legislative staff summary Washington House of Representatives, Office of Program Research United States 2026 Initiative 645, on the November 3, 2026 ballot, would repeal the 9.9% tax on household income above $1 million and bar state and local taxes on individual income. It does not change B&O rates. A Yes vote would remove the tax that gives executives a personal reason to work outside Washington, but not the 2025 business-tax increase behind most of Columbia's stated cost. Lawyers on opposing sides dispute whether the initiative's ban on taxes 'measured by' income would affect existing payroll-based programs or the capital gains tax; courts have not ruled. A separate legal challenge to the income tax is pending. Washington House of Representatives, Office of Program Research
1. Columbia is moving its CEO and most executive roles to Arizona

On October 12, 2026, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported that Columbia Banking System is opening an executive office in the Scottsdale area later in October and moving most executive roles to Arizona. The company said new Washington taxes cost it about $8 million a year. CEO Clint Stein sold his Auburn home for $2.45 million in September and is relocating permanently. Stein said the headquarters will stay in the Pacific Northwest for now but 'probably will change,' since it depends on where executives spend most of their time, 'which going forward is less and less in Tacoma.' Columbia's 109 Washington branches remain its largest state presence.

Limit: The original report is paywalled; we relied on two outlets that summarized it, and neither says how many people are moving or names the taxes behind the $8 million. The company's 2026 proxy still lists Tacoma as its principal executive office.

Verify: Columbia Bank moving top executives to Arizona, citing Washington taxes Columbia Bank moving top executives to Arizona, citing Washington taxes

2. The CEO tied Washington taxes to costs and job location months earlier

At an investor conference on March 11, 2026, Stein said the 2025 B&O tax increase raised Columbia's state tax liability by about $7.5 million, close to the $8 million reported in October. He predicted that most of the roughly 22,000 people expected to pay the new income tax would leave the state, said a statewide version of Seattle's payroll-based head tax would cost the bank several million dollars, and said non-customer-facing roles 'we can put anywhere in our footprint.'

Limit: This comes from a third-party summary of the conference remarks, not an official company transcript. Statements to investors are the company's own account and are not independently audited.

Verify: Columbia Banking at 2026 RBC Conference: Strategic Growth and Challenges

Related claim: Washington enacted 141 clear tax and fee increases from 2017 to 2026. — Washington lawmakers enacted 141 clear tax and fee increases from 2017 to 2026, the broader climate Columbia's CEO described to investors.

3. The $8 million most likely reflects the 2025 B&O increase, not the income tax

The 2025 tax package (HB 2081) raised the B&O rate on service income for larger businesses from 1.75% to 2.1%, effective October 1, 2025, and raised a separate surcharge for financial institutions with at least $1 billion in annual net income from 1.2% to 1.5%. Columbia reported about $549 million in 2025 net income, below that threshold, so the general service-rate increase is the likely source of most of its added cost. The 9.9% income tax cannot be part of the current $8 million: it takes effect January 1, 2028, with first payments due in 2029, and it applies to individuals, not companies.

Limit: Columbia has not published an itemized breakdown, so the attribution to specific B&O changes is our inference from the rates and the CEO's March estimate. Other 2025 changes may contribute.

Verify: Final bill report, ESHB 2081 (2025), business and occupation tax changes Fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings release Columbia Banking at 2026 RBC Conference: Strategic Growth and Challenges Multiple agency fiscal note summary, ESSB 6346 (as passed): Tax on millionaires

4. Moving executives can trim the B&O bill, but most of it stays

Washington taxes a multistate bank's service income by a receipts formula (WAC 458-20-19404). Interest on loans secured by Washington real estate is assigned to Washington by property location, other loan interest by the borrower's location, and card income by the cardholder's billing address, regardless of where the bank's employees work. Income from investment and trading assets is the exception: it is assigned to the place of business where the assets are managed, presumed to be the company's commercial domicile, defined as where it is 'principally managed and directed.' Moving management can therefore shift that investment-income share out of Washington, but the customer-based share, which is most of a lending bank's income, stays.

Limit: We did not have Columbia's split between loan income and investment income, so we cannot say how much of the $8 million a move could save. How the Department of Revenue would treat Columbia's specific arrangements is not public.

Verify: WAC 458-20-19404: Financial institutions, income apportionment

5. Moving the office, not just the home, is what avoids the income tax

Under the new income tax, residents owe 9.9% on Washington taxable income above $1 million per household. Nonresidents owe it on Washington-source income, and wages are sourced by the share of workdays spent in Washington. An executive who moves to Arizona but keeps working in Tacoma still owes the tax on those wages; one who works from an Arizona office does not. Columbia's 2026 proxy reports Stein's 2025 compensation at about $7.7 million. If income of that size were all Washington-taxable, the tax would be roughly $660,000 a year (9.9% of the amount above $1 million). Arizona's income tax is a flat rate of about 2.5%.

Limit: Reported compensation is not the same as taxable income: stock awards are valued when granted but taxed when they vest, and the tax applies per household. The $660,000 figure is an illustration, not an estimate of anyone's actual tax. The company has not said the income tax influenced its decision.

Verify: Multiple agency fiscal note summary, ESSB 6346 (as passed): Tax on millionaires Columbia Banking System, Inc. 2026 proxy statement (Form DEF 14A)

6. The state's revenue estimate assumes no one changes behavior

The Department of Revenue's fiscal note for the enacted bill (ESSB 6346) projects about $2.7 billion from the income tax in fiscal 2029 and $3.7 billion in fiscal 2030, from approximately 21,000 filers in the first year. Its assumptions state: 'In response to the new tax, affected taxpayers do not reduce taxable income.' It adjusts for compliance and federal enforcement but includes no reduction for people moving or shifting work out of state. Dividing fiscal 2030 revenue by the filer count gives an average of about $178,000 a year per filer.

Limit: Static estimates are standard practice for Washington fiscal notes, and the department may account for behavior in later forecasts. The per-filer average is our calculation and hides heavy concentration among the highest earners.

Verify: Multiple agency fiscal note summary, ESSB 6346 (as passed): Tax on millionaires

7. Research finds millionaire migration is real but small overall

A study by Cristobal Young and colleagues, using IRS records for every U.S. millionaire filer over more than a decade, found that millionaires move between states at lower rates than the general population and that tax-driven migration is small, with little effect on states' millionaire tax base. Columbia's move fits the narrow pattern this research allows for: a few highly mobile, highly paid people shifting where they work, rather than a broad departure.

Limit: The study predates Washington's tax and covers states with long-established income taxes. Behavior may differ when a state with no income tax adds one, and remote work has made relocation easier since the study's data period.

Verify: Millionaire Migration and Taxation of the Elite: Evidence from Administrative Data (Young, Varner, Lurie and Prisinzano, 2016)

8. Initiative 645 would repeal the income tax, not the B&O increase

Initiative 645, on the November 3, 2026 ballot, would repeal the 9.9% tax on household income above $1 million and bar state and local taxes on individual income. It does not change B&O rates. A Yes vote would remove the tax that gives executives a personal reason to work outside Washington, but not the 2025 business-tax increase behind most of Columbia's stated cost.

Limit: Lawyers on opposing sides dispute whether the initiative's ban on taxes 'measured by' income would affect existing payroll-based programs or the capital gains tax; courts have not ruled. A separate legal challenge to the income tax is pending.

Verify: 2026 summary of Initiative 26-645

Common questions

“This is just post-merger consolidation, not taxes.”

Columbia did complete its Pacific Premier acquisition in 2025 and has been opening offices in Arizona, and those factors may shape where executives sit. But the company itself gave taxes as the reason and put a dollar figure on them, and we found no company statement giving another reason. Consolidation and taxes can both be at work; the claim rated here is about the stated driver.

“Voting Yes on I-645 would undo the $8 million in taxes that pushed Columbia out.”

Not directly. The $8 million most likely reflects the 2025 B&O increase, which I-645 does not touch. What I-645 would remove is the 9.9% income tax, which falls on executives personally and gives them a reason to work outside Washington. Both arguments are real, but they involve different taxes.

“Executives could simply live in Arizona and keep working in Tacoma.”

That would not avoid the income tax. Wages are taxed by the share of days worked in Washington, so a nonresident who works in Tacoma still owes it. Avoiding the tax requires the work itself to move, which is what a Scottsdale executive office does.

“Columbia proves that businesses are fleeing Washington.”

One company is not a trend. Research using IRS records finds tax-driven millionaire migration is small overall. Columbia does show that the response the state's revenue estimate leaves out is happening, among exactly the high earners the tax depends on.

“Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen threatened a statewide payroll tax unless voters reject I-645.”

We could not find the full remark or its context, so we do not rate it here. In February 2026 Pedersen said the votes were not there for the statewide payroll tax proposal (HB 2100). A statement that repealing one revenue source could revive interest in another may be a fiscal observation rather than a threat; judging it requires the full quote.

Conclusion

Every available line of evidence points the same way: Columbia says Washington taxes are the reason, put a figure on them, and its chief executive has sold his Washington home and relocated. We found no statement from the company giving another reason. That supports rating the claim True. Confidence is moderate rather than high because the company has not itemized the $8 million, the full Puget Sound Business Journal report is paywalled, and other factors could also be at work: Columbia completed its acquisition of Pacific Premier in 2025 and has been opening offices in Arizona, so consolidation and expansion may have shaped where executives sit. Those explanations do not contradict the stated tax reason; they could operate alongside it. The more useful finding is which taxes a move like this actually avoids. The roughly $8 million Columbia cites matches the CEO's March estimate that the 2025 business and occupation (B&O) tax increase raised its state bill by about $7.5 million. Most of that tax follows the bank's customers: interest on Washington loans and card balances stays taxable in Washington wherever executives work. Only the slice tied to the bank's investment portfolio, which Washington assigns to the place where that portfolio is managed, can shift when management leaves. Moving executives therefore trims the B&O bill but cannot erase it. The 9.9% income tax is different. It taxes a nonresident's wages by the share of workdays spent in Washington, so an executive who moves home but keeps working in Tacoma still owes it, while one who also works from an Arizona office does not. Columbia's chief executive was paid about $7.7 million in 2025; if income of that size were all Washington-taxable, the tax would come to roughly $660,000 a year. That is the cost a Scottsdale office avoids, and it lands on exactly the kind of high-paid, mobile decision-makers who are moving. The company has not said the income tax drove its decision; this is our analysis of what the rules imply. That matters for the state budget. The Department of Revenue's estimate for the tax, about $3.7 billion in fiscal 2030 from about 21,000 filers, assumes that affected taxpayers do not reduce their taxable income in response. Peer-reviewed research using IRS records finds that millionaires rarely move between states and that tax-driven migration is small overall, so a single bank is not evidence of a mass exodus. But revenue depends heavily on a small number of very high earners, and each one who shifts work out of state removes, on average, about $178,000 a year from a static estimate. Columbia's move is an early, concrete case of that response happening before the tax collects its first dollar. For Initiative 645, the evidence cuts both ways. A Yes vote would not undo the 2025 B&O increase that makes up Columbia's stated $8 million. It would remove the income tax that gives executives a personal reason to work outside Washington. What remains unproven is how many other companies and high earners will make the same choice, and whether Columbia's headquarters designation will follow its executives, as the CEO has said it eventually may.

How we checked

  1. Defined the claim narrowly: whether Washington taxes are driving Columbia Bank's top executives, not the bank's branches or staff, out of the state.
  2. Read the news reports summarizing the Puget Sound Business Journal story and a summary of the CEO's March 2026 investor remarks, and checked the company's 2026 proxy statement and 2025 earnings release.
  3. Identified which taxes could produce the $8 million figure by comparing the 2025 B&O rate changes in the HB 2081 bill report with Columbia's net income and the CEO's $7.5 million estimate.
  4. Read Washington's apportionment rule for financial institutions (WAC 458-20-19404) and the income-tax sourcing rules in the Department of Revenue fiscal note for ESSB 6346 to determine which taxes depend on where executives work.
  5. Read the fiscal note's revenue assumptions, filer count and income-tax revenue table.
  6. Checked peer-reviewed research on millionaire migration and the legislative staff summary of Initiative 645.
  7. Recorded limits, including the paywalled original report, the lack of an itemized tax breakdown, and a circulating CEO quote whose original source we could not find.
  8. Archived each source with FactHub's archive tool where the Wayback Machine allowed it.

Editorial note: Scope: this article checks whether Washington taxes are driving Columbia Bank's top executives out of the state, and explains which taxes such a move does and does not avoid. It does not rate whether Washington's taxes are good policy or how anyone should vote on Initiative 645. The analysis of which taxes a move avoids is FactHub's reading of public tax rules, not a statement by the company. The Puget Sound Business Journal's original report is paywalled; we relied on two outlets that summarized it. A quote attributed to Columbia's CEO about moving administrative roles to Idaho and Arizona circulated on social media, but we could not find its original source, so this article does not rely on it.

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Ownership: FactHub is an independent fact-checking site; it has no ownership ties to Columbia Banking System or to any campaign for or against Initiative 645.

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Sources

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  1. Claim source Brian Heywood on X. Post on Columbia Bank's move and Initiative 645, October 13, 2026

    The post that circulated the claim that Washington's taxes drove Columbia Bank's executives out of the state.

  2. News report (summarizing Puget Sound Business Journal) KIRO 7. Columbia Bank moving top executives to Arizona, citing Washington taxes

    Reports the Scottsdale executive office, the company's $8 million tax figure, the CEO's home sale and his remarks on headquarters.

    Archived copy captured October 13, 2026
  3. News report (summarizing Puget Sound Business Journal) MyNorthwest. Columbia Bank moving top executives to Arizona, citing Washington taxes

    A second outlet's account of the same report, including Columbia's branch counts by state.

    Archived copy captured October 13, 2026
  4. Executive statements (conference summary) Investing.com. Columbia Banking at 2026 RBC Conference: Strategic Growth and Challenges

    Summary of CEO Clint Stein's March 11, 2026 remarks to investors, including the $7.5 million B&O estimate and comments on the income tax and job location.

  5. Legislative record Washington State Legislature. Final bill report, ESHB 2081 (2025), business and occupation tax changes

    Lists the 2025 B&O rate changes, including the service rate increase to 2.1% and the financial institution surcharge increase to 1.5%.

    Archived copy captured October 13, 2026
  6. Company financial report Columbia Banking System. Fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings release

    Reports 2025 net income, used to check whether the $1 billion financial institution surcharge threshold applies.

    Archived copy captured October 13, 2026
  7. Tax regulation Washington Department of Revenue. WAC 458-20-19404: Financial institutions, income apportionment

    The rule that assigns a bank's loan, card and investment income to Washington; shows which parts depend on customer location and which on where assets are managed.

    Archived copy captured October 13, 2026
  8. Official revenue estimate Washington Office of Financial Management. Multiple agency fiscal note summary, ESSB 6346 (as passed): Tax on millionaires

    The Department of Revenue's analysis of the enacted income tax: sourcing rules for nonresident wages, the static-behavior assumption, the roughly 21,000 filer count and the revenue table.

    Archived copy captured August 15, 2026
  9. Company filing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR). Columbia Banking System, Inc. 2026 proxy statement (Form DEF 14A)

    Summary Compensation Table reporting the CEO's 2025 compensation of about $7.7 million, and the company's listed principal executive office.

  10. Nonpartisan legislative summary Washington House of Representatives, Office of Program Research. 2026 summary of Initiative 26-645

    Describes what Initiative 645 would repeal and prohibit.

    Archived copy captured October 13, 2026
  11. Peer-reviewed study American Sociological Review. Millionaire Migration and Taxation of the Elite: Evidence from Administrative Data (Young, Varner, Lurie and Prisinzano, 2016) DOI: 10.1177/0003122416639625

    Uses IRS records for all U.S. millionaire filers to measure how often they move between states and how much taxes drive it.

    Archived copy captured October 13, 2026
  12. News report Washington State Standard. WA Senate leader explains dim outlook for a new tax on big businesses (February 3, 2026)

    Reports Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen's view that the votes were not there for a statewide payroll tax.

    Archived copy captured October 13, 2026

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