Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-23 | Page 11 | Utilities Firm Pays Utah Tax under Protest

UTILITIES FIRM PAYS UTAH TAX UNDER PROTEST Company Denies Charge of Doing Business in inState inState inState State The Electric Bond and Share com com- company pany parent of ot the Utah Power and Light company has paid Utah corporation corx cor cor- x ration franchise taxes for 1931 1932 and 1933 assessed by the state tax ax commission the commission revealed re- re Wednesday day Payment was made under protest and nd with a denial the company is doing b business siness in Utah as charged in n an action brought in Third district court ourt March 8 by Attorney General Joseph oseph Chez The action charges the concern is doing business illegally by reason of performing p paid services for the Utah Power and Light company without having a Utah corporation license cense and seeks to bar the parent concern from forever doing business in n the state Assessment Follows Suit The commission explained that under uner under un un- der er state law it ma may not reveal the amount mount of taxes paid or the amount assessed for the three years since the ic corporation franchise tax law has hascen been cen effective Mr Chez took the action after Joel Nible Nibley counsel for the Consumers' Consumers league eague complained the Electric Bond and Share company is doing business illegally Mr Nibley also complained to the tax ax commission that the concern was not ot paying taxes and the commissions commission's commis- commis lon's lons assessment followed filing HUng of the he suit Fine Asked The suit charging the concern has received more than for services services ser- ser vices ices furnished the Utah Power anc and Light company compan asked that the parent concern be fined Observers at the capitol pointed out that the defendant company has two recourses In the tax matter appeal to tone the ne tax commission and from there thereto to the state supreme court or a civil action The They also raised the question of whether er by paying the taxes even though hough with a denial of doing business business busi- busi ness ess the concern does not come within with with- in n jurisdiction of or the state public ties ies commission