Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-07-08 | Page 22 | Sales Tax Defy Flung by Peery

SALES TAX DEFY FLUNGBY PEERY Special to The Telegram Pfinir.rtf, .Tilly Tn rl.Hanra nf tha atata tax commiaaion. Mayor Harman Peery 'today announced there would be no aalea tax charged at the Pioneer Daya celebration, July IS to 24. On tha ground that Pioneer Days, Inc., waa a nonprofit organisation. Mayor Peery got Irwin Arnovitz, commiaaion chairman, on tha telephone tele-phone and announced hie Intention to waive tha aalea tax. Mr. Arnovitz informed tha mayor that tha commiaaion com-miaaion would expect a 2 per cent tax to be levied on celebration tlcketa and that tha organixation could not legally absorb tha tax. Mayor Peery came right back and aid they would absorb It anyway. Fluahed tha mayor hung up, turned around and apoke hia mind: 'These tokens are a nuiaanca. People have been trying them out inc. the first of tha month and still don't know what It's all about. Thousands of tourists will be disgusted." dis-gusted." That reminded him of an opinion from the attorney general's office holding the state fair to be educational educa-tional and therefore not subject to the sales tax. "Educational," ha spluttered. "Why, tha people can see better fruits and vegetables at any grocery gro-cery store. If they want to get educated." edu-cated." The state fair, Incidentally, is held In Bait Lake City. Tha Pioneer Days, Inc., is still under a legal cloud that blew up from tha 1835 celebration. Second district court recently awarded the tax commission a Judgment of more than teOO against the corporation for aalea taxes due, which tha corporation cor-poration refused to pay.