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Show King Bill Would Plug State Tax Loophole A bill which would give the states legislative jurisdiction in certain lands occupied by federal fed-eral installations and enable the states to tax private firms with business property on the installations installa-tions was introduced Wednesday by Rep. David King of Utah. t'Utah is one of the states that would realize substantial tax gains from this legislation," he said. Military installations in many states have, in the years since the Korean war, been leasing their surplus warehouse space to private bidders. The privately owned goods and equipment stored on the installations have been considered by the Treasury and the Defense Department to be exempt from state taxation. "This bill would give the states the jurisdiction to tax this private pri-vate property," he said. A recent letter from the Davis County Commissioners shows one firm has personal property assessed at more than $480,000 stored at the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot, and another has property assessed at more than $140,000 stored there. "These properties escape state taxation and will continue to escape it until the state is given some jurisdiction over them," he said. Other such inequities exist and the number of them will continue con-tinue to grow in Utah, which has four major military installations, installa-tions, and in other states, as long as they enjoy this immunity. This legislation has been endorsed en-dorsed by the Bureau of the Budget, Bud-get, he said. |