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October 6, 2014

Court upholds legislative fix on state's estate tax

By RACHEL LA CORTE
Associated Press

OLYMPIA — The state Supreme Court last week unanimously upheld legislative changes to the state's estate tax law that saved the state millions of dollars in refunds.

The court ruled that the move taken by lawmakers last year to allow retroactive taxes on some estates was constitutional, did not intrude upon judicial power, and that the retroactivity of the changes were not a violation of the estates' due process rights.


 
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