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• <br /> • <br /> • <br /> 1 ORDINANCE NO./4/(?-•E7. <br /> 2 AN ORDINANCE entitled "General Utility Taxes" providing for the <br /> imposition of an excise tax on the telegraph, telephone, <br /> 3 electrical and natural gas businesses, levying a tax upon the <br /> gross revenues of such utility business, providing when said tax <br /> 4 shall be paid, and establishing an effective date for the <br /> imposition of such tax upon the described utility business. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett, in the exercise of its tax powers deems <br /> 7 <br /> it necessary and advisable to impose a tax upon certain business activities <br /> 8 <br /> in the City of Everett; <br /> 9 <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br /> 10 <br /> Section 1: BUSINESS SUBJECT TO UTILITY TAXES. There is hereby <br /> 11 <br /> levied and shall be collected an excise tax on account of the business <br /> 12 <br /> activities described herein, and in the amounts to be determined by the <br /> 13 <br /> application of the rates against gross income, as follows: <br /> 14 <br /> A. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on a telegraph business <br /> 15 <br /> a tax equal to four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the total gross income <br /> 16 <br /> from such business in the City of Everett during the fiscal year next <br /> 17 <br /> preceding the tax year , whichever is greater. This tax shall be paid <br /> 18 <br /> annually, on or before the 15th day of February of each year. <br /> 19 <br /> B. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on a telephone business, <br /> 20 <br /> a tax equal to four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the total gross operating <br /> 21 <br /> revenues, including revenues from intrastate tolls, derived from the <br /> 22 <br /> operation of such business within the City of Everett, which shall be paid <br /> 23 <br /> momthly on or before the 20th day of the following month. <br /> 24 <br /> 1. Gross operating revenues for this purpose shall not include <br /> 25 <br /> charges which are passed on to the subscribers by a telephone company <br /> 26 <br /> pursuant to tariffs required by regulatory order to compensate for the <br /> 27 <br /> cost to the company of the tax imposed by this ordinance. <br /> 28 <br /> 2. "Telephone business" means the business of providing access <br /> 29 <br /> to a local telephone network, local telephone network switching <br /> 30 <br /> services, toll service, or coin telephone services, or providing <br /> 31 <br /> 32 <br />