WATCH: Why this Kent trucking business owner is suing to block WA’s new income tax

(The Center Square) – When you own a small business in Washington’s ever-changing climate of tax and regulation policy changes, operators get used to being creative to remain afloat. But for some business owners, the coming income tax law brings the greatest concern to date.

That’s the worry for Curt Nuccitelli who owns Spirit Transport Systems in the Kent Valley.

Nuccitelli’s 14-employee trucking company moves goods through the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, specializing in intermodal trucking, drayage, flatbed transport, heavy cargo, transloading, warehousing, and storage.

He’s coming off a couple of lean years and offered The Center Square a tour of his property Thursday, where about 30 chassis were parked out back.

“The reality is the fact that you see all of them sitting here means we’re not that busy because they should be under containers sitting in warehouses somewhere, so this is another lean year a...