RCW 35A.82.055
License fees or taxes on telephone business to be at uniform rate.
Any code city which imposes a license fee or tax upon the business activity of engaging in the telephone business, as defined in RCW 82.16.010, which is measured by gross receipts or gross income from the business shall impose the tax at a uniform rate on all persons engaged in the telephone business in the code city.
This section does not apply to the providing of competitive telephone service as defined in RCW 82.04.065 or to the providing of payphone service as defined in RCW 35.21.710.
[ 2007 c 6 § 1012; 2002 c 179 § 4; 1983 2nd ex.s. c 3 § 36; 1981 c 144 § 9.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—Savings—Effective date—Severability—2007 c 6: See notes following RCW 82.32.020.
Findings—Intent—2007 c 6: See note following RCW 82.14.390.
Effective date—2002 c 179: See note following RCW 35.21.710.
Construction—Severability—Effective dates—1983 2nd ex.s. c 3: See notes following RCW 82.04.255.
Intent—Severability—Effective date—1981 c 144: See notes following RCW 82.16.010.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code
Chapter 35A.82 - Taxation—Excises.
35A.82.010 - State shared excises.
35A.82.020 - Licenses and permits—Excises for regulation.
35A.82.025 - Authority to regulate massage therapists—Limitations.
35A.82.030 - City and county retail sales excise tax and use tax.
35A.82.040 - City and town license fees and taxes on financial institutions.
35A.82.050 - License fees or taxes upon certain business activities to be at single uniform rate.
35A.82.055 - License fees or taxes on telephone business to be at uniform rate.
35A.82.065 - Taxes on network telephone services.
35A.82.070 - Taxes on telephone business—Deferral of rate reduction.