Ordinance 3726 - Laserfiche WebLink

State of Washington; Provided, however, that the pro- visions of this subsection shall not exempt any person engaging in the business of representing any insurance company, whether as general or local agent or acting as broker for such companies, and provided, further, that the provisions of this subsection shall not exempt any bonding company from tax with respect to gross income derived from the completion of any contract as to which it is a surety, or as to any liability as successor to the liability of the defaulting contractor. (d) Any person in respect to the business of grow- ing or producing for sale upon his own lands or upon land in which he has a present right of possession, any agricultural or horticultural product or crop, including the raising for sale of any animal, bird or insect, or the milk, eggs, wool, fur, meat, honey or other substance obtained therefrom, or in respect to the sale of such products at wholesale by such grower, producer or raiser thereof. This exemption shall not apply to any person selling such products at retail; nor to the sale of any animal or substance obtained therefrom by a person in connection with his business of operating a stock yard or a slaughter or packing house; nor to any association of persons whatever, whether .mutual, co-operative or otherwise, engaging in any business activity with respect to which tax liability is imposed under the pro- visions of this title; (e) Any person in respect to the business of con- ducting boxing contests and aparring and/or wrestling matches and exhibitions for the conduct of which a license must be secured from the State Athletic Commission. (f) Any person in respect to the business of con- ducting race meets for the conduct of which a license must be secured from the State Horse Racing Commission. (g) Any person in respect to his employment in the capacity of an employee or servant as distinguished from that of an independent contractor. (h) Fraternal benefit societies, as defined in Rem. Rev. Stat. , Sec. 7259, also Pierce ' s Perpetual Code 659-1, fraternal fire insurance associations, as described in subdivision third of Rem. Rev. Stat. , Section 7131, also Pierce 's Perpetual Code 668-1, and beneficiary corporations or societies organized under and existing by virtue of Rem. Rev. Stat. , Sections 3872 to 3883, also Pierce 's Perpetual Code 4+57-1 to 23, inclusive; PROVIDING, that such corporations or societies provide in their by-laws for the payment of death benefits, as set forth in Rem. Rev. Stat. , Sec. 3879, also Pierce ' s Perpetual Code 457-15. (i) The gross sales or the gross income received by corporations which have been incorporated under any act of the Congress of the United States of America and whose principal purposes are to furnish volunteer aid to members of the armed forces of the United States and also to carry on a system of national and international relief and to apply the same in mitigating the suffer- ings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods and other national calamities and to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same.