WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD

Docket No. 17853.

91 Cal.App.3d 528 (1979)

154 Cal. Rptr. 183

WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

April 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brookes, Brookes & Vogl, Lawrence V. Brookes and Valentine Brookes for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Ernest P. Goodman, Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. Hollingshead and Charles C. Kobayashi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

REYNOSO, J.

We are called upon to interpret a statute increasing a franchise tax rate in two particulars. First, when was the effective date of the change to the higher rate? Second, did the change immediately cover only "calendar" or "fiscal" years (both 12 months) or also include a shorter period, here four months? As we explain below, we conclude that the effective date predated the four-month period in question, and the...

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