HomeMy WebLinkAbout3577 Ordinance 1524 as amended by Ordinance
2240, Section 2 and Ordinance 3172,
Section 1, codified as BMC 5.62.060
relating to the taxation of electrical
utilities.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. That Section 7 of Ordinance 1524
as amended by Ordinance 2240, Section 2, Ordinance 3172, Section
1, be and is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 7. EXCEPTIONS AND DEDUCTIONS. There
shall be excepted and deducted from the total gross income upon
which the license fee or tax is computed so much thereof as is
derived from transactions in interstate or foreign commerce, and
any amount paid by the taxpayer to the United States as an excise
tax levied or imposed upon the sale or distribution of property
or services.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as
requiring a license, or the payment of a license fee or tax, or
the doing of any act, which would constitute an unlawful burden
or interference in violation of the Constitution or laws of the
United States, or which would not be consistent with the
Constitution or laws of the State of Washington.
Any person subject to the payment of a license
fee or tax under the provisions of~any ordinance of the city,
other than this tax, on account of engaging in any activity for
which he is liable to tax hereunder, may deduct the amount of
such fee or tax imposed by this chapter on account of such
activity, but such person shall nevertheless, in the manner herein
provided for, apply for and procure an occupation license.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading
this~-~day of ~, 1980.
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk
in authentication oK such passage this day of ~
1980.
ATTEST:
KATH~EEN L. MANDIO,-City Clerk
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