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Show TAX EXEMPTIONS OF VETS EXPLAINED In response to numerous inquiries in-quiries from war veterans the following explanation is made with reference to the act of the last legislature exempting disabled disab-led service men from taxation: The law, which went into effect ef-fect March 20, 1931, provides that the real and personal tangible tan-gible property situate in this state owned by disabled persons per-sons who served in any war in the military service of the United States or of the state of Utah and any unmarried widows or minor orphans of such persons per-sons to the value of, but not exceeding $3000, is hereby exempted ex-empted from taxation. Application for such exemption exemp-tion shall be made to the county commission of the county in which the applicant resides. The law further provides that if the applicant is 100 per cent disabled the full exemption shall be allowed. al-lowed. If the certificate shows a lesser percentage of disability, then the percentage of exemption exemp-tion shall be correspondingly less in the same ratio but no exemption ex-emption shall be allowed for any disability below 25 per cent. |