Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-03 | Page 13 | Auditor Plans Closer Check on Unpaid Tax

AUDITOR PLANS CLOSER CHECK CHECKON CHECKON ON UNPAID AID TAX City Making Book Adjustments Adjust ments Covering Uncollected Uncollected Uncollected Items I Book adjustments which will afford a better check b by years o of the city's portion of uncollected taxes were started in City Auditor Samuel F. F Nicholls' Nicholls office Friday On May 1 the city's share of Uncollected uncollected uncollected un- un collected taxes totaled This amount h has s been carried in a lump figure with no means of determining determining determining deter deter- mining independent of the county treasurers treasurer's records what years the taxes became delinquent Therefore what part port of the figure is a true asset and what part of it Is a false asset could not be determined Francis Platt chief deputy auditor said SUGGESTION MADE In breaking the figure down it was found that of the amount represents represents rep rep- I resents del delinquent 1931 taxes I represents delinquent 1930 taxes 34 delinquent 1930 taxes delInquent delinquent delin delia quent 1929 taxes delinquent 1928 taxes delinquent 1927 taxes and taxes that became delinquent in 1926 and prior years Since January 1 the city has received re re- re- re from County Treasurer David K Moffat who is designated by the statutes as the tax collector for all taxing units of the county Out of that amount represented represent represent- ed cd payments on taxes that became delinquent in 1926 and prior years was payments on 1927 taxes 1584 1 was payments on 1928 taxes was payments on 1929 taxes was payments on 1930 taxes and was payments on 1931 taxes The city's share of interest on the delinquent taxes totaled FIGURES BY YEARS The tax remittances from the county county county coun coun- ty treasurer to the city treasurer will in the future be segregated by years ears the same as such remittances from the county treasurer to the state treasurer treasurer treasurer treas treas- are now segregated The action is expected to clarify problems involving city officials each year when the budget is made for lor forthe forthe the ensuing year yean ear Provision must be made in the budget for the estimated amount of taxes It has also aided officials in determining that only about 3 per cent of real estate taxes remain permanently unpaid The percentage of of- taxes on personal property that are never paid has not yet been determined