Show PLANS MAPPED I FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ACT E l Tax Reform League Discusses Issue tat t tat at Meet j Plans to insure passa passage e of a 2000 j i homestead exemption law by find find- In tag ways waS and means to make up the i tax deficit were being mapped by members of ot the Utah Tax Reform on o league in the Newhouse hotel Thursday F. F A. A Huish Hulsh Ogden league press president dent warned arned In the opening address of the day all-day session that Utah is at the crossroads with an 81 per capita debt and an urgent need for equalizing ng the tax burden and lifting taxes that now are so 10 burdensome burdensome burdensome bur bur- on homes A 1 per cent tax on the I In Intangible property In the state would enable us to pay payoff off our debt he said Walker alker Gives Views VIew Dr Dilworth Walker research director dl- dl di director I rector of ot the state committee of ot nine a speaker during the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon predicted that a moderate I homestead exemption could be put into nto effect without increasing the i present property tax or disrupting the states state's financial setup I Basic principles of such an exemption exemption ex ex- emption plan he said would Include in include include In- In 1 clude provisions that the exemptions I lions do not exceed 1000 that they apply only on homes occupied bythe by bythe bythe the owners and that no increased demands for funds be made by any state department As possible sources of ot revenue tomake to tomake tomake make up that lost through the ex ex- exemptions exemptions exemptions ex- ex he listed the sales sale tax liquor tax and state mine tax Members embers of ot the league grilled H. H P P. P Leatham member of ot the state tax commission who appeared before before before be be- fore the meeting to answer ques ques- Principal complaint seemed I 1 Ito to be that large business concerns are not assessed on the same samo basis basI t as are homes Guessing Game I Commissioner Leatham admitted I that under present facilities assessing assessing as assessing as- as I Is a guessing game game but buthe buthe buthe he emphasized that the tax commission commission commission com com- mission is attempting to govern all Its assessment activities by a rule that would first determine the actual actual actual ac ac- ac- ac value of all property and then assess it on a uniform basis buls The tax Is handi handicapped handle hand capped by inability to hire men of ot the ability of Ot those which possible taxpayers employ at higher salaries salaries salaries sal sal- aries Mr Leatham said The next state legislature will be asked If It it wants a scientific assessment and If It it does money must be pro pro- vided Joseph A. A Anderson president of the Utah State Farm Bureau federation federation federation fed fed- and State Senator George GeorgeL GeorgeK M. M L Miller of Carbon county chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of ot the tho state committee of nine were expected to speak during the tho late afternoon |