COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE v. V.H. BLACKINTON & CO.


420 Mass. 259 (1995)

COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE vs. V.H. BLACKINTON & CO., INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis N. Crockett, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commissioner of Revenue.

Ronald C. Kaczynski for the taxpayer.

Stephen S. Ostrach, Patrick W. Hanifin & Norman Williams, Jr., for Associated Industries of Massachusetts & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

At issue in this case is whether certain pollution control equipment used by V.H. Blackinton & Co., Inc. (taxpayer), in its manufacturing processes is exempt from the Massachusetts sales tax, pursuant to G.L.c. 64H, § 6 (s) (1992 ed.). In 1984, the Commissioner of Revenue (commissioner) assessed a sales tax on the taxpayer's purchase of the equipment. The taxpayer paid the assessments and filed applications for abatement. The applications...

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