Show City Fathers Seek Advice on an Tax Problem I The Moab city council has bas Issued a call for tor help Them er Is a problem lem facing the city fathers that will call for the expert advice of ot the ones touched the most by the problem the city merchant and business business business busi busi- ness man The 1956 budget of the city of Moab must be prepared this month and In order to obtain the best possible budget for the good of the city the amounts of expected Income of the city must be deter deter- mined The next regular meeting of the council will be devoted to this problem and merchants and Interested parties have been asked to attend the meeting next Tuesday Tuesday night In the courtroom of the Grand county courthouse The problem revolves around the city license tax of one per cent centon centon on gross sales of ot local merchants This tax is paid by the merchant from the money collected from tho the customer The tax was adopted last spring on a one year trial basis and as a ai i stopgap measure to provide the city with an income needed to meet the demands of an economy that was fast outstripping the pr property perty tax rate then In effect In Moab The tax assessment figure has Since been boosted more into line 1 with willi the valuations ns of the property U under lder the speeded up UR economy But demands on the city strings purse-strings have also been boosted t E I The The tax tax Is fa scheduled to complete Its trial year April 1 The city I council ha has expressed a willingness to discontinue or at least reduce I the city tax on gross sales on that date i The tax has been paying Into the city coffers around per per quarter This money has been proving quite a windfall and has helped the city over a very big hump jf h The question before the Ule council Is what can be done with a city I budget for 1956 if this Income is cut out or reduced to any degree I j The The merchant has had time to study the the- the problem how it has worked r for him and should be ready to advise the council on the best course I to take in combating this crucial problem f h It is hoped that the turnout of merchants Tuesday night will be b a aP P representative one and their counsel will be sought on the thought j x that it Is the advice of experts on a vital problem t |