ESTATE OF TURNER v. DEPT. OF REVENUE

No. 51636-7.

106 Wn.2d 649 (1986)

724 P.2d 1013

THE ESTATE OF CLARE E. TURNER, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Maureen Hart, Assistant, for appellant.

Turner, Stoeve, Gagliardi & Goss, P.S., and Richard P. Algeo, for respondent.


GOODLOE, J.

The estate of Clare E. Turner brought a refund action to recover estate tax it paid to the Washington State Department of Revenue. The estate paid no federal estate tax because it reduced its federal tax obligation to zero by claiming two federal tax credits. Under its interpretation of the Washington estate tax law, RCW 83.100, the trial court found that the Turner estate owed no state estate tax because the...

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