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Show TAX RECEIPTS TOP LAST YEAR Tax collections in Utah county are about $50,000 ahead of collections col-lections in 1932 at the corresponding correspond-ing time, it was announced by County Treasurer John C. Taylor Saturday. Collections by December Decem-ber 1 were approximately $632,000, he said. Less than three weeks remain for the payment of taxes until they become delinquent and a penalty pen-alty is exacted, Mr. Taylor pointed point-ed out. Taxes become delinquent, here on December 20. After December 20 there is" a penalty of two percent with an additional charge of 50 cents when a sale is made. Then the I sale price bears interest at 8 percent per-cent until it is paid. The interest rate was formerly 12 percent until un-til it was reduced to 8 per cent last year by action of the state legislators. November was a fruitful month for tax collections with $380,149.43 being brought in during the month. The Denver and Rio Grande Railway company, tho largest taxpayer in the county, paid $1(16,000 of this amount. About $270,000. of the amount was paid by corporations. |