Show Local Merchants Get Relief In jn State Sales Tax T ax Payment The Business Mens Men's Ion tion was Informed In a letter from rom the State Tax Commission that hat some sonic concessions have been made on the Issue of the tax on tax fight that flared here recently re reo ro- ro it was revealed Tuesday night at the regular meeting of the local group at Bethany Hall hail In a letter to Ken Hyde president president dent from front J. J Welton Ward commissioner commissioner com come missioner of ot the tax commission It t was revealed that the state group had voted to allow local merchants to disregard the tax on the city emergency tax that the state claimed up to Jan 1 I 1956 1950 Ward met with the business businessmen men here recently and gave them a 1 I luling on the collection of the state sales tax on money collected for the cit city from the emergency tax levied by the city of Moab In this ruling Ward pointed out that the city levy was in the form of a license fee and therefore therefore there there- fore was not a tax This made it subject to the payment of the state tax of two per cent Ward then suggested that the sales tax should be collected co on the selling price In the future and effective on sales made since Jan I I. I This should also Include the theone theone theone one per cent Moab city license fee Wards Ward's letter In detail says Dear Mr Hyde Upon returning to Salt Lake from your very prosperous community com I discussed with the other members of the Tax Commission the possibility of making some adjustments in the tho audit reports of the business s firms in Moab As I stated at aV the meeting Feb 21 I felt that merchants who had followed the tho procedure advised by the Moab city officials should be given consideration In the matter mat mat- ter of or audit deficiency due to not collecting sales tax on the one pet pei cent Moab city license charge on gross sales At a meeting of the Tax Commission Com Corn mission It was the unanimous decision decision de de- de that the audit records be amended to relieve the merchants of the deficiency due to the failure failure fail fall ure ire to collect tax on the license fee charged prior to Jan 1 I 1956 that the merchants be notified of such adjustments as soon as the necessary computations are completed com coin and that after Jan 1 I 1956 the sales tax should be collected on the selling price including the theone theone theone one per cent Moab city license fee I am taking the opportunity to inform you as president of the Business Mens Men's Association of the commissions action so that you u may pass the information along to the group The commission appreciates the courtesy of the Invitation to meet with you people In Moab and the wholesome spirit that prevailed 1 i at the meeting Respectively State Tax Commission J. J Welton Ward commissioner The association adopted its its' bylaws bylaws by by- laws at the meeting setting up the program under which it will operate in the future It set at 20 per year the dues of the group payable semi The formation of a local credit bureau was discussed at the meetIng meetIng meet- meet Ing log but no action was taken on the matter |