CRUISE LINE COULD SAIL FOR SANTA CLARITA.Byline: Daily News Princess Cruises Princess Cruises is an American cruise line, based out of Santa Clarita, California, that operates cruise ships also shares the same building with Cunard Line headquarters. It is one of the many cruise lines operated by the Carnival Corporation. Inc. is negotiating to relocate part of its operation and 600 jobs to Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, but is asking the city to guarantee it won't impose business taxes for 15 years, officials said Thursday. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. of ``Love Boat'' fame is in ``the discussion and negotiations stage'' of moving its customer service operations from Century City to a new six-story building near the Valencia Mall, said Julie Benson, a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises. Mike Haviland, economic development manager for Santa Clarita, estimated the impact to local economy would be nearly $3 million a year. If the deal is approved, Princess Cruises would bring 600 of its 1,000 employees from its Century City headquarters to Valencia by 2000. The City Council will be asked Tuesday to ``provide assurance'' it will not impose a gross receipts tax A gross receipts tax, sometimes referred to as a gross excise tax, is a tax on the total gross revenues of a company, regardless of their source. It is similar to a sales tax, but it is levied on the seller of goods or services rather than the consumer. on the business for 15 years. Councilman Carl Boyer said the 10-year-old city has a history of keeping its word. ``Obviously, we can't commit future councils, but we can lay down a moral obligation,'' Boyer said. The city of Los Angeles
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