Zayre Leasing Corp. v. State Tax Commission

The temporary emergency sales tax statute of 1966 (St. 1966, c. 14) laid a tax on the sale at retail of tangible personal property, and provided in effect that leases were to be assimilated to sales for purposes of the tax. Raised by the present appeal is the question whether certain leases entered into prior to March 2, 1966, the effective date of the statute, and pursuant to which possession was transferred prior to that date, but with terms extending after April 1,1966, the commencement of the taxable period, fell under the statute, so that tax was owing on the rents payable and paid after…