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Show INCOME TAX BILL NOW BEFORE SENATE Author of Anticigarette Legislation Offers Measure Senator Southwick. author of th anticigarette bill, ye tarda y introduced in the senate a state Income tax meat-ure, meat-ure, which, ft la declared, is to meet aa formidable opposition among; the clli-xena clli-xena of t'tah aa did ma non amok Iks legislation. The bill, which ia aaid to be adapted from the federal income tax law and from suKtreatlons of the model tax committee com-mittee of the National Tax aaaociation. contains some of the features of the Wisconsin Income tajc law. It provides for a personal Income tax. aa also a husinesa tax on the incomes of corporal corpo-ral ions.- After deducting credits he would levy a tax upon Incomes as follows fol-lows : On the first $1000 of taxable Income, or any part thereof, 1 per cent; on the next $1000. 2 per cent; on the third $100(1, 3 per cent; on the fourth $1000, 4 percent; on the fifth $1000. K per cent, and on all taxable income over $5000, $ per cent. An alternative rate Is sua-jcested of "2 per cent of the entire net Income as herein defined, over and above the credits provided. 8uch tax shall first "Tiff-rnmputej Trt"TTe nettneome of the Individual, partnership or corporation received durlns; the fiscal year ending February 28, 1921. or durlntc year ending end-ing February 2H, 1921, or durins; any income in-come year ending- during; said year, and ahull he collected nnd nalrt at te time und In the manner herein provided. For the purpose of the act, serosa Income In-come Includes s;ains, profits and In-come In-come derived from salaries, wattes or compensation for personal service of whatever kind and In whatever form paid, or from professions, vocatlona. trades, businesses, commerce or sales or dealings in property, and a large1 i number of similar Items, income from j J state or national employment being excepted. ex-cepted. Various Items are not Included, j larxely following; the terms of the fed-eial fed-eial Income tax. Deductions allowed Include ordinary expenses, taxes, losses and other Hems, also following in general linea the federal fed-eral tax-. Had debts charged off during1 dur-ing1 the year and reasonable depreciation deprecia-tion are allowed. Hueclal provision is made In case of mines and oil properties, proper-ties, following the leadership of the federal fed-eral law. No deductions are allowed for personal per-sonal or family expense, nor for capital Invested In permanent buildings or similar expenditures. Amalgamated Sugar company, and the following men who have been In attendance at-tendance during the two weeks' conference: con-ference: R. N. Cottrell, Twin Falls. Idaho; H T. duff, Spanish Fork. Utah; Frank K Ingalls, Halt lake City; Superintendent Su-perintendent K. L. Howard. Utah-Idaho Sugar company, Toppenlsh, Wash.; 1. 8. Noall, supervisor of tradea and In-duntrles. In-duntrles. and 1. A. Tleman, regional agent for federal board of vocational training. The purpose of the conference was to teach the executive and technical men present the art of teaching; their industry to. various grades of men which their Industry employa |