Show Pennsylvania Taxes Rich Rich Poor To Raise for Relief The butcher the baker the candlestick candlestick candle candle- stick maker have boosted the tho price of their wares In Pennsylvania the new 1 per cent general sales tax went into effect the first of at September to raise about 15 for unemployment relief relict Simultaneously the states state's unemployment unemployment relief program to provide I for or jobless became opera opera- The emergency relief sales tax brought rought a general increase in the price of tangible commodities A penny was added here a dollar there Rich and poor alike bear the burden burden bur bur- den of this new levy which will be bein bein ben in n effect for a six month period The banker the street sweeper the coal miner the lawyer the bricklayer the broker roker all must mast chip In to care for forthe forthe forthe the states state's destitute Furniture foodstuffs soft drinks clothing automobiles radios shoes hats cosmetics coal newspapers newspapers pers gasoline and all other tangible merchandise come under the new tax State authorities already have decreed decreed de de- creed that utilities transportation companies and amusement concerns are exempt from tram the provisions ot of the tax The law especially provides provides' that agricultural produce sold direct direct- directly ly by the farmer is 15 exempt Court tests of various phases of the new law are expected Considerable opposition has been aroused among retail merchants to the law and any legal action is expected to center around the word tangible defined in In Websters Webster's dictionary as something capable of being touched Retailers may add the tax to the amount of sales provided the sales sale's price and tax are plainly displayed Merchants whose average maximum sales approximate less than one dol dol- lar are voicing the complaint th that t they will have little chance of pa pass ing lag the tax on to consumers and that the levy will have to come out of oi of their own pockets Merchants are required to keep sales records for a period of two years and broad inquisitorial powers powe are conferred upon the s state te revenue d department nt for or collection of the tax Violation of the sales tax law will win will result in a fine of ot and six months months' imprisonment and a 10 per cent penalty penalty pen pen- alty of the tax due |