Testimony: ITEP’s Sarah Austin Urges Washington House Finance Committee to Decouple from Venture Capital Tax Break

Testimony: ITEP’s Sarah Austin Urges Washington House Finance Committee to Decouple from Venture Capital Tax Break

The prepared testimony below was delivered by ITEP Senior Analyst Sarah Austin to the Washington House Finance Committee on January 27, 2026. For more on the tax break in question, check out our October 2025 brief.  Chair Berg, Vice Chair Street, and members of the House Finance Committee, My name is Sarah Austin, I’m a senior analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, and I am testifying in support of House Bill 2292. Few things …