Show Laws Law's Small ISmail Print Fans Bans Sales Tax Retention Utah's legislature apparently apparently unmindful of what it was doing passed a law lair in its recent session that ma may cost state retailers re retailers re- re about a year A bill was pass passed d that imposed the sales tax on individual sales of automobiles This bill was in the form of an amendment to the sales lales tax law which had been amended in 1947 1917 to permit retailers retailers retailers re re- re- re to retain 5 of their sales tax collections as reimbursement for collecting the tax for fOl the state i I The reimbursement was limited to a year and the tax commission commission commis commis- sion estimated the total amoun amount Involved would be about annually This reimbursement provision was deleted in the thc bill passed by bythe bythe bythe the legislature this year And And- the deletion unknown to practically every member of the legislature leg was In proper form to mal make e it an amendment to the law Jaw Discovers ers Repeal Repeal of the thc 1917 amendment was as discovered by a member of the theta ta tax commission staff Thursday H. H C C. commission chairman said he would have no alternative b but t to discontinue the allowances ances after the new law becomes becomes be be- comes conies effective May 10 Sherman P. P Lloyd secretary- secretary counsel of the Utah Retail Grocers Grocers' Grocers Grocers' Grocers Grocers' Gro Gro- cers' cers chief sponsor of the 1947 1917 amendment said his organization organization organization organ organ- would take steps to attack legality of the on grounds It was an error and never disclosed to the legislature Elias J J. J Strong secretary Utah Automobile Dealers Dealers' sponsors sponsors sponsors spon spon- sors of the auto sales ales tax bill this year said his organization organisation would do everything possible to correct the mistake c. c A qu question stion of Importance to the lit state Mate ate is whether the one part of the bill could be thrown out without without without with with- out nullifying the entire meas meas- ure Nullification of the entire act would result in an estimated loss in revenue of per perear year ear from rom sales tax on individual sal sales sale's s of automobiles Aware of ot Proviso Rep Mrs C. C L. L Jack D D. Df Salt Lake is the only sponsor of the bill contacted thus far who said she was aware of the provision Rep Jack said Sure I knew what hat I did I fought the bill that A granted the allowances in 1917 I took this 1949 1919 bill home read il it and found that it repealed the 1947 bill That was just what I wanted so I agreed to become a cosponsor Nobody objected when it came up for reconsideration so o I could see no reason why I should talk about it Other sponsors sponsor of the bill bin Reps Merr Merrill ll I K Davis R R. Salt Lake Lace an and W. W G. G Larson D. D Salt Sail Lake were surprised when informed of I the thc sleeper that got through Miss Lucy Redd house reference attorney said she was aware of or I Ithe the fact the bill did repeal the I 1917 provision and discussed it I with several se individuals She was unable to recall however the names of any of the tho legislators with whom she discussed it |