Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-18 | Page 8 | A Current Problem

0 f J A Current Problem I 9 STATES ROTATES S' S TATES and municipalities have reached the point where where they must give labored 1 c consideration to ways and means of shifting 5 the tile tax trend The federal government has v 5 long since realized that one of the foremost demands of the public is lower lowr r taxes Some noticeable headway has been made and lutie fu- fu r. r tie e years will viII record still further hons fo s. s In the states and the municipalities r the trend is still upward S standing a and persistent nt demand deS demand demand de de- de- de S mand for relief S The problem perhaps is more more general f than local but 1 it t nevertheless requires local aution ct Oll for lor relief Salt Lake City annually pars or for the use of money borrowed to meet current expenses One of 5 the reasons this is that taxes are colv col- col 5 v 5 at Ps 1 s of the year jear If this colS col collection col- col S lection were mla ma V d o at the beginning of the year effi efficient t officials might escape the 5 need of boiTo money to keep the gov- gov going thereby saving a considerable sum for the taxpayers S J It however is from j. j a long jump one rend d of the year to th the other and and so so it becomes becomes be be- comes conies difficult for municipalities to change i their systems in this respect One Eastern Eafern city however solved the difficulty by gradually 5 ally moving the date of tax collection forWard fortY forward for- for tY Ward ard Until it was collecting taxes at the 5 beginning of the year instead of at the close This plan of course puts the taxpayer under the tile the burden of paying in in advance but it public officials to make material sa savings sayS say sav- vi v- v S i ings gs in the annual expenditures t No one seems to know just how these tax loads are going to be reduced but this does ii not eliminate the need of reductions of High taxes seriously interfere with th individual and andS and'S S community welfare They are vicious in themselves for they discourage growth and expansion making still higher rates sary High rentals are one of the results of high ligh taxes and high rentals discourage prospective prospective pros- pros business concerns as well wen as indus S trial concerns seeking to own their factory or or plant sites In the interest interestS of our future growth and and prosperity it is necessary that we make our tax rates low if not lower than those prevailing elsewhere Low taxes are a mighty factor in development ment which cannot 5 be ignored by the individual who has the I welfare of his city eity and state at heart Jl A