Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-15 | Page 2 | Hamond Explains Tax Difference but Country, it Seems, Lacks Comfort

Hammond Explains Tax Difference I 4 Rate on City Mans Man's A Auto Hig Higher ller O 0 But Country It Seems Lacks Comfort I II I Persons are more apt to notice I difference in taxation on automobiles automo automo- bibs biles than on their other property Ilo coe E. E Hammond secretary of tho state tax revision commission commented Wednesday In discussIng discuss discuss- In Ing taxation Pt Persons living HUng In the cit city expect to pay pa more t taxes on their homes than those ln Jl living in the county Mr Mi II Hammond said aid but somehow they do not nOl think that this practice should follow Collow through to their cars The They forget that un under tinder er our OUI present system of or taxation an automobile Is con considered personal property and andis andis is subject to tho property rates Persons living In dl districts where the lie rates Inte are arc hi high h will pa pay more ta ei taxes taxes-on on on autos and everything c else than the person who lives 11 Just acro across the street In a dl district where here tho the rates ratos arc are lower S L. L COUNTY EXAMPLE Tithe Take c Salt Lake kc county countr as a a. l typical cal example and what hat do wo we find The people people- ln lI living in Salt Lake City pay hay a J A mills total tax In 1929 19 Tho Tim persons pcr ons living In In the count county Ju Just t south of or the tho city limits In wh what L is called Granite school dl district pay 2262 6 mills Salt I Lake IH people pa pay more because e they y have havo added conveniences con con- lIco police and anti fire tire protection lion tion sewer systems water systems and other things Let us Just follo fol- fol follow tollow fol tol- low lo the tho tax 5 system through Salt Sail Lake county count The first thing which I Is put Into tho book when the officials of of- began beg their work was wa in 1 1929 of-I of J to write down 7 72 mills state levy y This was uniform throughout the thc count county and all property owners owner paid palt that much which went Into the state slate school high school chool and state general funds The fhe school portion of ot this monc money Js is returned to the school districts with oth other r money added at the rate of 25 5 por each person of or school age ac In the district COUNTY NEEDS Now Mow o ow w with tho the state ita te lo levy agreed a upon the tho officials turn to the coun coun- ty Salt Lake Lako county needed a sum of or money moncy which required a le levy liei nf nt 5 S i mills upon Ulon tho t taxable property In the county This This' mon money y went La to tho Ito county count general ral fund und the county Continued on ci page pasc 5