In Re K-Fabricators, Inc.

DECISION

PHILIP H. BRANDT, Bankruptcy Judge.

The questions for decision are:

First, the timeliness of the Port of Tacoma’s request for payment of rent as an administrative expense and of the Trustee’s objection to that request and its claims;

Second, the nature and extent of the Port of Tacoma’s rent claim; and

Third, whether, in addition to rent, the Debtor is liable for Washington’s public leasehold tax.

I. FACTS

Debtor K-Fabricators, Inc. entered into a written two-year lease agreement with Leo and Cleo Krenzler for warehouse and fabrication space. The agreed rent was $7,000 monthly, and…