HomeMy WebLinkAbout3172 AN ORDINANCE amending Section 7 of Ordinance No.
1524, as amended by Ordinance No. 2240, regarding
exceptions and deductions from the Business and
Occupations Tax.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. Section 7 of Ordinance No. 1524, as
amended by Ordinance No. 2240, Section 2, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 7. EXCEPTIONS AND DEDUCTIONS. There
shall be excepted and deducted front 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 coramerce,
and any amount paid by the taxpayer to the United States, the
state of Washington, or the city of Bremerton, as excise taxes
levied or imposed upon the sale or distribution of property
or services.
Nothing in %his 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 inter-
ference 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, on account of engaging in any capacity 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 t'he manner herein ?rovided for,
apply for and procure an occupation license.
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APPROVED on first reading this J~ day of
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PASSED on second reading by the City Council of the
City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City
Clerk in authentication of such passage this _~ day of
ATTEST:
G, C. YEARN, Sr., City Clerk
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