Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-03-09 | Page 8 | Dern Inheritance Tax Bill Rejected

; DERM BITJINCE ! - TAX BILL REJECTED i ; . 1 ! Governor Returns Act With I Suggestions for Changes in Provisions. Hiviring the rlLsa pproval of the gov-fTiinr, gov-fTiinr, n;t te bill No. 3, by JJern, pro-viding pro-viding for u graduated scale of inherl-if.ri'-t; (axes in Utah, was returned to the tin.Vo ye.-d enkiy afternoon from the ex-ciitfve ex-ciitfve office. Tli'1! serial f; deferred cor deration of the: f il 1 furtner until Monday, with the iiii'l'-rstaii'.lin.Lj tiiut In the meu utitriu MOine '(i t. of h rnendment to overcome the governor' gov-ernor' objections to the measure woulrl 1-0 prepare. and presented for consideration considera-tion at that thus. The governor disapproved tho hill on the grounds th;it Hie (Kiile of Inheritance taxes is unusually high and that the bill makes no rl it I i ri 1 ion hotwri'ii direct anil col);tiw;il ht-ii-H. The bill provides a sliding slid-ing In of ta'ii-s from .'i per cent on .Jt.ites over ?lii,um to one of 10 per cent uii t::Ht; nhm'e l.OOn.nfjtj, and mukeo the scale apply alike to direct and collateral heirs. The communication from the crovernor in relation to the bill read as follows: Ml am herewith returning, without my appiuval, senate Mil No. ii. by Mr. Dern, entitled '.An act providing for an inheritance inheri-tance or transfer tax on all estates, in- chilling f,'if!s and legacies, In excess of I SlOiiiii, and providing for the collection 1 of tlie same,' etc. "The hil! seeks to provide a graduated tax upon inheritances and to place tiie collection of such taxes with the attorney attor-ney jreneral. "While I am not without sympathv toward certain provisions of the hill, if the existing law i.s to be amended I be-live be-live a suKttestion may be offered with propriety. "Our present law governing Inheritance or transfer taxes, as well as the schedule In the bill under consideration, provides for a tax on direct inheritances which Is nons the highest In the United States This In itself mljrht not be deemed sufficient suf-ficient to justify withholding approval, but neither in the existing law nor in the proposed amendment is there any distinction made between direct and collateral col-lateral heirs. In most of the other states where Iheritance tax laws are in effect such a distinction is made, and In justice to the people of our state I resoectfully Invite your consideration of these items." Senator Olson called attention to the constitution and said that under it it was the duty of the senate to proceed at once to reconsider the 1)111 and to pass it over tiie governor's veto or else kill it by failure to pass it by the constitutional majority. Bovan and Chez wanted to consider the matter and objected to putting the measure to a vote at once. Chez suggested sug-gested that, the bill could be amended to overcome the objections of the governor and that such an amendment would be prepared if the bill could be deferred until Monday. Olson withdrew his motion and one bv Chez to defer consideration until Monday Mon-day carried