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Washington Tax Decisions
| Title | Date | Document | Description |
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| Det. No. 09-0311, 30 WTD 1 (2011) | 30WTD1.pdf | A nightclub appeals an assessment of retail sales tax and retailing business and occupation (B&O) tax on cover charges claiming that the charges were for listening to music as a spectator and not for dancing. We uphold the assessment. |
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| Det. No. 10-0209, 30 WTD 10 (2011) | 30WTD10.pdf | An automobile panel manufacturing company protests retail sales taxes assessed on a fire suppression system installed into a spray/bake paint booth that qualified for a machinery and equipment (M&E) sales tax exemption under RCW 82.08.02565. We grant the exemption. |
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| Det. No. 10-0192, 30 WTD 5 (2011) | 30WTD5.pdf | A bail bond company that is licensed as an insurance agent authorized to solicit and execute surety bail bonds as an agent for a national surety bond insurer on behalf of criminal defendants petitions for correction of a business and occupation (B&O) tax assessment. The bail bond company’s position is that its gross income derived from its surety bail bond business should be taxed at the insurance producers B&O tax rate and that its taxable gross income should not include the amounts held in trust for the national surety bond insurer. Taxpayer’s petition is granted. |
