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Show Director Explains Deductions For Utah's Sales Tax Roland V. Wise, District Director Di-rector of Internal Revenue, this week reminded Utah taxpayers that guidelines for determining the estimated amount of Utah sales tax which you may deduct on your Federal income tax return re-turn are available at your local Internal Revenue office. It is Document No. 5336. If you have a 1961 State of Utah "Instructions for Individual Indi-vidual Income Tax Return" the "Average Annual Utah State Tax Payment" table on page 4 may be used, as the figures in it are the same as in Document 5336. This informaiotn is only for those who itemize their deductions deduc-tions instead of taking the standard stand-ard deduction. He also pointed out that the tabulated average state general sales tax table doer take into account taxes paid on large household items and cars "We believe this information will make it easier for taxpayers to fill out their returns as it relates to the sales tax deduction Mr. Wise said. He warned, however, that the aw is specific in its requirement that taxpayers keep records of ill their deductions in the event they may be called on to furnish fur-nish proof for any items in their returns. j Taxpayers who have questions on this or other subjects may telephone their local Internal Revenue office at Salt Lake. |