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Show Ql'KSTIONS OX POTATO l'lUKJKAM AXSWUKKI) Questions answered by An3on B. Call, county agent. Q. What is the tax-free allotment allot-ment for each grower A. The grower will receive a tax-free allotment equal to his annual sales during the years 1932-35 up to fifty bushels. If he wishes to sell more than fifty bushels then he must apply for a sales allotment to be approved by county and state allotment committees. Q. What will the rate of the tax on potatoes under the provisions pro-visions of the Potato Act? A. Three-quarters of one cent per pound, (4 5c per bushel). This rate may be lowered under certain cer-tain circumstances to as low as one-half of one cent per pound (30c per bushel), but no lower. Q. How -can potato growers obtain tax stamps to pay the tax on sales of potatoes not covered by an allotment? A. Tax stamps will be sold by post offices in all potato growing sections of the United states. Q. How will tax-exempt stamps be distributed to growers? A. After a producer has es-ablished es-ablished his tax-exempt sales allotment al-lotment tax-exempt stamps will be distributed locally, without cost to the producer. Q. May tax-exempt stamps be transferred? A. The transfer and sale of tax-exempt stamps will be permitted per-mitted under regulations "specifying "speci-fying the method and price. Q. Is a penalty provided for speculation in tax-exempt stamps? A. Yes. Any person who speculates spec-ulates in tax-exempt stamps and any person securing tax-exempt stamps by fraud or coercion is subject to prosecution. Q. Are potatoes sold for uses other than human consumption exempted from the tax? A. Such potatoes may be exempted ex-empted from the tax under regulations, reg-ulations, if the payment of the tax would tend to prevent their use for such purposes. Q. Are potatoes sold for seed subject to the provisions of the Act? A. Yes. Q. Are potatoes produced for home consumption and for other use on the farm subject to the provisions of the Act? A. No. Potatoes grown on the farm and used by the household of the operator and the household of persons employed in the operation oper-ation of the farms are exempted from the provisions of the Act. |