Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-05-17 | Page 1 | Supreme Court Decision Saes U. S. Billion Dollar Tax Refund

Supreme Court Decision Saves UoSo Billion Dollar Tax Refund AMYDFALL LEVYISUPI1ELD l!IB-1DEClS!0;i Chain Store Impost in Louisiana Held Valid WASHINGTON. May 17 1 (INS) In s aeriei of Important j decision, the supreme court to-1 to-1 day saved the government from load of 1 1.000,000,000, upheld far-reaching Louisiana chain tore tax law, but failed to rule on the vital nodal security act caaea. The blab eawrt. aftaf gaelvarbag nine oplaliaa aatd Se ardara, aa a inn 1 1 ba a) wld adara lor late luwiaur aa June L Oaelalon la the eaaa Invohrlng be unemployment Ineuranae and aid aae annuity la p renal on of tha federal eoclaj security act and the Alabama anemploymont Inaurance la amy be beaded dowa either aext Monday or ea the mat day af the term, t'pboUs Uanlt aa B areas The blgh court, la aa t-l deelslon la which anly Juatloe McReynalda dlaaeoted, upheld prevtalona of the ltd las law limiting right af refund re-fund to Ie0.000.000 of encoaatlte-Uonal encoaatlte-Uonal AAA proceaalng tasaa. Had the government lost, tha re-fuada, re-fuada, together with Intaraat. would have dealt a 11.000,000 000 blow to the depleted treaaury. With the government gov-ernment winning, official eetlmat that rafunde will aet amount to - mar than tSd.OOO.OOO. me court aeie tnat provision or ths law prohibiting proosaaor from obtaining refund unless they actually ac-tually bore-the tax did aet pa It t the consumer or bach ta the farmer were fair and Just. It re-eerved re-eerved ruling la case where It I imposalbl to prove whether or not the tag was passed ea. Owla Tag V'pheld Ths Louisiana chain star tax law, upheld 4-1 with two Justice not participating, permits a elate ta levy tax oa the More of a chain within a stat measured by the nations! na-tions! ewntrshlp of ths chain. Ths Great A. A P. Tsa company, operating atora all aver the Ballon, appealed. It bad log stores la Louisiana Lou-isiana and 18,081 elsewhere. With the tax based upon tha antir number num-ber ef A. A P. More, tht Ux la Louisiana amounts te M0 a store, whll a competitor waa taxsd enly 190 a ttort. Tht processing tsx ess was brought Into ths court by ths Annls-ton Annls-ton Manufacturing company (Alabama), (Ala-bama), which maintained that the law was unconstitutional. Th company com-pany sought te recover 29.0OO In taxes without submitting tht proof required. The g-to-1 decision wa announced by Chief Justice Hughs, but two members, 8tone and Cardoso, reserved re-served thslr vote a to th constitutional constitu-tional or statutory rights of taxpayers tax-payers In the event It la Impossible (Ceath e fare Twe) Column Uiw t COURT BLOCKS BILLION REFUND (Ciniiiiii ma ree ami ta determine whether there he baa ihirting af lha laa. Ta lUfand M MIHM Trtaeury afflrlala raranlly teetr-flad teetr-flad bafara a beuee appropriation remmttlae that aniy abeet (Mono,. On awl af tha I MO nnoooo AAA area-eeaia area-eeaia Imi mt4 ha eeluaaed 1 lha bif h court apheid lha law. at, traaaury afflrlala aald. If lha Court decided ageinet tha government govern-ment tha an lira aateunt. with Inter-eet Inter-eet running K la wall ever 11000,-no 11000,-no ona, wauld have la ba refunded unleee congress baltad aaart ma-ahinary ma-ahinary Tha higk eaert ralad that tha ajietbed provided by eongree for taxpayer la prov their alalma bafara ba-fara tha emmiaalaner af IntarnaJ reveaee la fair and fust Tha government alaa urea aa appeal ap-peal la tha supreme caart ta ua-laia ua-laia aa ardar af tha Intaratata aanv terra aaiamlaalon requiring rail-raada rail-raada la cease yrlnf tha American heel A Tla Plata eempeny aad athor big eeryoration la lha Pitta-burg Pitta-burg araa for awltchlnf aar wlthla lhair InduatrtaJ plant araa. Tha egpreme court roadamnad tha haw Waahlnataa alata law whlrb prevlilaa for aantanrinf af convicted convict-ed crtmlnala by tha parole board rathar than tha trial )uita. In aa apaaal braaaht by E. It. Llndaay. aula attoraay, and hla can, Elbart - B. Undaay. - - -- - i