Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-09-04 | Page 1 | Experts Urge Sales Tax, Not Pending Levy

ERTS URGE fLES TAX NOT I ENDING LEVY 11 Plan counters rang Protest HINGTON Sept ept 4 3 Congressional tax ex ex- Friday told the senate fi- fi e committee ommittee that a general sales tax is preferable to revolutionary ing pg tax proposal which apY ap- ap ily Y was buried under an 15 anc che h e 0 of f committee tt ee Il I sales tax sponsors pressed substitution of this levy the called Colin Cohn S. S Stam pf t the Joint congressional tax aids to discuss discus the pro- pro 1 to increase the yield of the theIse theise Ito Ise approved tax 1 vor Sales Tax tf iTh Th congressional experts say sayI sales tax would be better nTa spending tax said Senator I I Hi S R. R Pa emerging from ecret committee session tim t m estimated that a 5 per general retail sales tax with TI exempted would yield 2 2 annually This is the I ant of ot the increase over the sought by Secretary of 11 Treasury when 1 I consideration b began 01 e e. e committee had before it a aHl faI Hl fal retail ta tax plan worked out experts at the request it lile the treasury vigorously me s ses sesa a sales tax it agreed with l sales tax advocates that j ral retail sales tax on conis' conis con- con rs' rs goods good would be the most ble sales ta tax if one is to be beral ral Counsel Randolph E. E ot the treasury said in a aret are are- re re- re t n the sales tax that if one Continued on Page Pae Three Threet j opted it should be as broad as yible ible with one rate e C opposed exemption of food said ald that the tax should be beed f fed ed to services such as barber b beauty auty shops as well as to tos s f consumers' consumers goods Delay Belay D lay Decision if e conflict over the spending sales tax proposals ls apparently delay until next week a a. comee com com- decision ee on these and other tax ax questions 1 Byrd D. D Va came yard ard as the champion of a 5 cent I nt sales tax on food and a a. 1 cent tax on other articles article I Ise a year but 71 declared declare that experience has m n a fl flat t rate presents the difficulties spending tax plan aroused I d ost vigorous opposition that fost I greeted treasury tax proposals I irs ars rs Byrd charged that the Tiding tax which tax which is in addition neome ome taxes taxes could could actually Ignore ore than per cent of kv rn of me Of of some individuals