Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-06 | Page 9 | Mine Industry Faces Unjust Taxation, Claim

LAKE TELE TELEGRAM THU MINE INDUSTRY fA FACES UNJUST TAXATION CLAIM lAIM WASHINGTON Dec I P 6 AP AP- AP AP-A AP A charge c that the mining Industry has been singled out for special forms of taxation and has been dis discriminated criminated against by taxation authorities generally was vas made today before the American Mining congress by McKinley l W. W Kreigh chief of Its tax division If tho industry Is to survive and continue to develop and expand Insufficient in insufficient sufficient measure to meet tho the ever increasing needs of our growing population home labor and other domestic industries he said the federal government must maintain a fair faJr and just policy in the ap application application application ap- ap of the income tax law to mining Ho predicted that congress congress congress con con- gress would shortly consider an amendment to the law aw providing for tor determination of depletion al allowances allowances allowances al- al In in cases of mines mines' as s a fixed percentage of ot income The United State has been a pioneer in granting granUn relief from irons double taxation said Mitchell p. p Carroll chief of the department of commerce commerce section of taxes and cor cor- He said that the principle principle prin prin- ciple of reciprocal exemption n of shipping profits introduced by the revenue act of 1921 had been adopted by practically all Imp Important important r- r tant commercial countries Under this credit system the tho country of ot residence gives up its tax in favor of the countries of origin originS Expressing the opinion that tho the interests of ot the government and the taxpayers in the payment and collection of income taxes are not as os divergently opposed as is frequently frequently fre ire pictured Ellsworth C. C Alvord Alvord Alvord Al- Al vord special assistant to the secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of tho treasury explained the tho governments government's efforts to furnish taxpayers a a. prompt determination of oC their income taxes with a minimum minimum mini mini- mum of expense and inconvenience to business opera operation on