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Show Letters to the editor make the tax reform move for 1982. For this year New Castle will tax land at 4 percent and buildings at 2.28 percent and they intend "to remove property taxes on buildings in equal annual installments during the next five years. Another reform at New Castle is the assessment of land and buildings at 100 Taxes Editor: Your recent series of articles on the property tax are informative in an area that will become far more important if the "New Federalism" is to achieve the success that it deserves. However, you did not give credit to the City Council of Cedar City in their thrust for property tax reform. Without reform, the affect of our present property tax can only be more of the same dismal results. The City Council resolution of Sept. 17, 1981, asked the State Legislature to provide local option that would permit municipalities to levy the property tax between land and improvements as they desire. This.option is available in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, McKeesport, Harrisburg and Scranton are all taxing land at a higher rate than improvements; and a fifth city, New Castle, has decided to percent of market value instead of using fractional assessments. How can anyone want to continue with fractional assessments unless they purposely want to make the property tax as confusing as possible? Earl A. Hanson DEADLINES: Display advertising-Monday, 5 p.ir classified advertising-Tuesday, noon; news material, Tuesday 10 a.m. For all news and advertising, call 586- 1202. Publisher Michael N. Stanslield Editor Bruce Lee Production manager Jetf Ray Advertising manager Mike Cannon Correspondents: New Castle Norma Christen sen (439-5500) - Kanarraville Carma Williams (586-9285) New Harmony Marva Prince (5869207) Enterprise LaRue Dannelly (8762374' 59 North 100 West P.O. Box 1568 Cedar City, Utah . 84720 |