Show I Auto Tax Dodgers Hit Hit I 9 DODGING the property tax on automo- automo 1 bitts biles would be prevented under tinder a bill in the Utah legislature by Senator a 1 His proposal is that owners of motor v cl s-be s r qui d to settle the taxes on their c rs with the county assessors b fore for t license CW will ill be issued by the secretary of state The Tue average motorist who honestly pays l is' is auto taxes will probably not realize how much revenue is being lost to the state be S c use of bf the evasion of the auto property fax The fact is that ab abOut ut 10 per cent of the autos of the state are arc not even entered on the assessment rolls In 1927 there were automobiles entered d on the assess assess ent rolls yet there were 1 8 more cars or Ot for which license plates were were iss is- is s sued ed After proper deductions are made for autos that were purchased during the year remain I 1 that went rhe actual loss of revenue in that one year is estimated at Bills Bilis similar to Mr Maws Maw's were introduced in the state legislatures of 1925 arid and 1927 but were not p passed Jn In the intervening four vears years it is fi that was lost though auto taxes Mr Maws Maw's bill against auto tax dodgers is excellent An auto owner could not et IJ hi is license plates without o a ate from the asse assessor sor showing either that f f. f the property tax had been paid or that the auto had been asseSsed with real estate estat or was purchased after the first of th year It would put an end to a tenth of the states state's motorists sponging off the rest of the drivers |