Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-22 | Page 13 | 2 Mills State Tax Cut Seen

2 MillS ST STATE ATE TAX CUT SEEN Board to Fix Levy in Ten Ten Days Long promised reductions in property property prop prop- erty taxes as a result of special taxes Wednesday promised to become a reality within the next 10 days when the he state tax laC commission will wUl fix the ho levy for state and state school purposes with prospects that the property tax tac rate would drop more than nan 2 mills Coupled with relief to the taxpayer taxpayer taxpayer tax tax- payer in the form of a reduction ordered Tuesday In the assessed valuation of improvements throughout the state slate Commissioner Howard P. P Leatham expressed the hope lope that the thc saving to the taxpayer would not be dissipated by increases in n county and other municipal i levies Unofficial check of tax commission commis commis- I son sion records Wednesday showed approximately approximately ap ap- ap proximately surplus in the sales ales tax lax account from the Income and corporation franchise tax from the redemption of tax ta- delinquent ax property and in the land interest and rental fund all aU all to apply in reducing the district district dis- dis school levy against property Indications then were that the state school levy le would reach about 38 mills as compared with 56 6 mills last ast year