Show 1 can enn be checked off taxes fences for political politic party contribution Most apparently are unaware that the last Utah State Legislature passed a law similar to the federal law lawen en enabling bing taxpayers to of their taxes to be used for political purposes said the chairmen of the Utah Republican and Democratic Parties The 1973 Utah Election Campaign Fund Act states that each taxpayer may designate that 1 of his state taxes be transferred from the State Tax Commission to the political party that the taxpayer designates on his state tax return John Klas Democrat State Chairman and T. T William Cockayne Republican State Chairman said in a joint statement Tuesday TilE THE 1974 Utah Tax Forms have a box for the taxpayer to check if he wishes 1 of his taxes to be given to toa a political party and then the four political parties legally recognized in Utah are listed The taxpayer then checks which of the American Democrat Libertarian or Republican parties he wants to receive the 1 Designating 1 to go to a apolitical apolitical apolitical political party does not increase the individual taxpayers taxpayer's taxes The new law further provides that of the 1 given by the taxpayer half of it goes to the party's state organization and the other half goes to the party's county organization of the county in which the taxpayer resides THE TilE UTAH Republican and Democratic parties have formed committee a bipartisan bi to publicize the off check provision of the law and to encourage to tt take e advantage of this method of financing politics within the state according to the two state chairmen An early check cheek with the Tax Commission shows that only about 25 percent of the taxpayers who have filed so far have taken advantage of the political contribution checkoff checkoff check check- off ore the chairman said WE SEE this as a fair and equitable way to finance Utah politics to broaden the base of support of the various political parties and to lessen the political parties' parties dependence on big contributors and special interest fund raising events Klas and Cockayne said Its a good law and will improve politics polities in Utah they said |