Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-03-01 | Page 13 | Tax Statement for Employers Has Low Total

TAXSTATEMEUT-FOR TAXSTATEMEUT-FOR EMPLOYERS HAS LOW TOTAL Lack of Returns Is Puzzle to U. S. I Collectors More then MOO Utah employers Monday had paid tM.oMM In federal fed-eral old age security taxes, but U. 8. Internal revenue officials were frankly pusaled. - On the basis of a survey la a community com-munity considered "typical," these federal agents setimated that 8000 employers in Utah would coma under un-der the old age security tax. Monday, however, they hesitated to believe that only one la three employers had filed returns, although al-though the deadline for January payments la Monday midnight. No Instructions have been received as to procedure against employers who have failed to remit a tax representing rep-resenting 1 per cent of the wages paid each employe during January, matched by 1 per cant from the employe. em-ploye. Collections to data, however, represent rep-resent a January payroll In Utah of mora than $3,000,000. Payment for each month's payroll are due during the following month under tedms of the security act. Many Utah employers have been confusing the old age and unem- nlivmant MmiMnutiAn t . a. The sxcisa tax to create an unemployment unemploy-ment fund applies only to employers employ-ers of eight or more persons, but ths old age security tax must be paid by every employer except those whose workers arc la the excepted classes. These excepted classes Include agricultural labor, domestics, casual labor, service by persona over to years of age, government employee and workers In nonprofit organisations.