Show Elimination of Tax Tokens Sounds Good Patrick Healy Jr chairman of the state tax commission says he will recommend recommend recommend rec rec- to the commission abolition of the sales tax token in m Utah in the near future It is his belief the commission may have the power to make the change without formal legislative action The idea has often been broached before but has never been debated by the legislature Certainly it would be a great convenience convenience conven conven- knee to the public if the annoying nuisance nuisance nui nuisance nui- nui sance of three varieties Ol a. a could be eliminated in Utah li v. v S r been in most other states w se sea a sales tax It is bothersome f fa customers omers rs and to merchants to be cons de dealing dealing deal deal- ling l- l ing in these small value tOH tokens ia j. j L In fact many businesses business have al already already already al- al ready informally set up their wn sy system tem of sales tax collection to void avoid using the tokens Rarely does a st store str r take out one or two mills on a nickel dime purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase and frequently a s simple penny will be collected on an am t ranging anywhere from 25 or 30 cents to Yo 75 cents It is proposed by Mr Hemy Helto to establish establish lish ish such a system officially officially with ith perhaps perhaps per per- perhaps haps no tax collected on a t. le-t. leless ess ss than 21 cents or 25 cents a penn A fro from that point up to perhaps 65 cents cents- nd so son nIt n It sounds like a good system stem He It would save a lot of time and nuisance nuisance- i and we suspect when the whole thing shook down the sales tax picture for all concerned would be just about the same Lets Let's try it |