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ARAMARK Uniform Services Secures $6 Million In Tax Refunds For Their Washington Customers.


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BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2000

ARAMARK Uniform Services (AUS AUS
abbr.
Army of the United States
), a leading provider of uniform and career apparel to more than 450,000 individuals and businesses nationwide, petitioned the State of Washington to refund TO REFUND. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid.
     2. On a deficiency of assets, executors and administrators cum testamento annexo, are entitled to have refunded to them legacies
 more than $6 million dollars to their Washington State customers.

AUS began talks with the Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR Dor or Dora, Canaanite seaport, ancient Palestine (modern Israel), N of Caesarea Palestinae. It was never a Jewish city but rather a Phoenician outpost. It was rebuilt by the Romans; still visible are the ruins of a temple and a theater. ) in May 1999 to review the tax rules applying to laundry Laundry can be:
  • items of clothing and other textiles that require washing
  • the act of washing clothing and textiles
  • the room of a house in which this is done
History of laundry
Before industrialization
 services. Upon completion of the review it was determined that laundry services performed in Oregon were not subject to Washington sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government.  and a refund was in order.

ARAMARK assembled a team of accountants, legal, and information technology personnel to begin the enormous task of reviewing more than 1.8 million invoices processed between December 1994 and June 1999. After determining the refund amount ARAMARK worked closely with the DOR to verify the refund amount and file the appropriate claim.

Refund checks totaling more than $6 million were distributed on November 6, 2000, to more than 5,100 ARAMARK customers. In addition to the principal amount, interest will also be given.

By filing the petition so early, ARAMARK Uniform Services customers will receive tax and interest for a full year more than would have otherwise been available. The refund is for 100 % of the sales tax plus interest calculated on an annual basis for 1995 through 1999 less a small fee to cover costs incurred by ARAMARK in its filing of the petition and its efforts to secure the refund.

ARAMARK Uniform Services is a leading supplier of uniforms and career apparel, providing rental, purchase and lease programs to over 1.5 million people at more than 450,000 businesses.

ARAMARK Corporation is a $7.2 billion world leader in providing managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality  - food and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , uniform and career apparel, and childcare and early education programs. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK Corporation has over 160,000 employees serving 15 million people at 500,000 locations in 15 countries every day.

For more information on ARAMARK Uniform Services visit www.aramark-uniform.com. Additional information on ARAMARK is available at www.aramark.com.
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