CANTEEN SERVICE v. STATE

No. 43029.

83 Wn.2d 761 (1974)

522 P.2d 847

CANTEEN SERVICE, INC., Appellant, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennings P. Felix & Associates, by Jennings P. Felix, for appellant.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, Timothy R. Malone, Senior Assistant, and Henry W. Wager, Assistant, for respondent.


WRIGHT, J.

This appeal raises a single question. May a retail seller of cigarettes exclude from the "selling price" or the "gross proceeds of sales" a sum equal to what has been paid for cigarette tax stamps? The trial court answered in the negative and we affirm.

The appellant sells cigarettes through coin operated vending machines. An audit by the Department of Revenue for the period from January 1, 1962, through June 30, 1966, resulted in an assessment...

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