Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-27 | Page 33 | Senate Reduces Tax on Automobiles

SENATE REDUCES TAX ON AUTOMOBILES According to Information received this week at Utah Slate Automobile association associa-tion headquarters, tho tax on automobiles now In t he hands of the . owners will be practically one-hair the i mount designated desig-nated In (ho revenue bill as recently passed by the house of representatives nt Washington. This revised tnx on automobiles au-tomobiles was made by the senate finance 'ommlt'ee, whl h at the snme time hiw-ered hiw-ered the tax on rtow a uii 'mobiles from 0 to B per pDt and also lowered the tax on automobile I Ires and accessories. ThI. action was tnken by tho sonata committee nfter rWftlVlng n 'ommunlca-( 'ommunlca-( Ion from t he A merles n Automobile as-soclatlon, as-soclatlon, together with verbal iirgumerits from a OQTOttllttM from that organtxallnn, tending to prove that the automobile was more of a means o transportation today than a vehicle used for pleasure purposes, Tnder the new ruling, cars tn the hands of o wnors will bo taxed from IB to $','" annually, the amount of tax depending upon tho itnis'power of the car. The work of ihu A. A. A. will mean a Bavin. Of millions 'of dolla i s to autoino-bllei autoino-bllei owners and will allow cars to fe useil by some who could not have afftfTdwd to own m car under t ho higher rata of taxations Mtmbsrs of the l;th Htate AUtorOObltt association are all members of tho A. A. A. and are therefor" contributing contribut-ing their share toward the expense of the national orpanJii i ton, which, in this In- ItanCftj has lieen nn the Job and pro- tecie.i the Intarsata of its main bora, it mff hi bo tddad l bat all motor car wn-trs wn-trs gol the same benefit as a HNochii lini members, but the la iter have the -tat Is-afitlOil Is-afitlOil of Knowing t hey a t o doing t heir "hit" toward supporting tn a. a . a.