BUDGET RENT-A-CAR v. DEP'T OF REV.

No. 41289.

81 Wn.2d 171 (1972)

500 P.2d 764

BUDGET RENT-A-CAR OF WASHINGTON-OREGON, INC., Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, Henry W. Wager and Timothy R. Malone, Assistants, for appellant.

Lycette, Diamond & Sylvester and Simon Wampold, for respondent.


HALE, J.

Budget Rent-A-Car is in the business of renting automobiles. In the course of business, it rents late-model automobiles which it keeps in operation for about 9 months, or until they have been run for about 10,000 miles. Then, with a few exceptions, it sells them back to the dealer from which it purchased them. The state sought to impose a business and occupation tax upon the gross proceeds of such sales. From a judgment of the superior court declaring the...

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