POSTED: Thursday, May 12th, 2011 at 9:59 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Tax Personal property tax; stock-in-trade The City of Milwaukee collected personal property tax for certain truck-mounted cranes owned by Giuffre Bros. Cranes, Inc. The cranes were simultaneously held out for sale and for rent by Giuffre. After paying the tax, Giuffre sought reimbursement from the City, arguing that the cranes qualified for the “merchants’ stock-in-trade” [...]