Show V r I Should Mean Lower Rates j y yI I REDUCED assessments are always signal for officials to boost tax levies Increased assessments ought to bring I announcements of slashes in tax rates But too often tl the e rates are kept the same and officials find it easy to discover ways of spending the added revenue revenue Salt Lake taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers tax tax- payers can observe how this works out in practice When material reductions were made jn in valuation of local property the schools and city administration boosted the tax levies But for 1930 the city and county have substantial substantial sub sub- st increases in assessments Hence the same revenue that was raised last year can be obtained on a a. smaller tax rate Salt Lake county's 1930 valuations are areS S t greater than a year ago This city shows an assessment increase of When n new w bud budgets ets and levies are determined determined deter defer mined it will pay the taxpayers to insist that the benefits of the valuation increases be passed on to them Inc Increased sed assessments should mean decreased tax lax rates The tax burdens can be lightened and the rates lowered lowered lowered low low- ered if officials are willing to curtail the mounting costs of government |