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Show Economic Stabilization BUSINESS The business world is dominated by three kinds of people: nmltiininded and single-minde- However, our of understanding of their abilities and natural inclinations often finds them pxrly placed (ie, not in suitable or effective d The positions). (about 70 percent) make fine memory-minde- lack This column of questions and answers on the President's Economic Stabilization Program is bv the local office of prosided the I'.S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service. The column answers questions most frequently asked about wages and prices. Q. If the IKS disallows a portion of a retroactive wage increase sought by an employer, can an employee who would have liemffited from the increase appeal the decision? A. Yes. An employee whose wage or salary is subject to a pay adjustment or his representative may appeal within 30 days of the IKS action disallowing the increase. Appeals are filed with the Internal Revenue district office, and a subsequent appeal to the Pay Board may be made. FOR MORE information, see IRS Publication Appeals to Cost of Living Council, Price Commission, Pay Board. It's available free by dropping a postcard to your IRS district office. Q. Should individuals with inquiries about the Phase II dividend policy call the Internal Revenue Service? A. No. Persons with questions on the dividend guidelines should write the Sulrcommittee on Dividends, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4836, Washington, D.C. 20230 or they may call the Subcommittee at (202) 4 or INQUIRIES OF a specific nature on Phase II interest guidelines or inquiries concerning a financial institution's interest policy should be addressed to the Committee on Interest and Dividends, Federal Reserve 967-388- single-minde- d The (about 15 percent) make the best administrators andor scientists ... The project people . . . multi-minde- multi-proje- (about 15 perexcellent librarians, corporation attorneys, automobiles parts men. Internal Revenue agents. They have vast Don A. stores of materials Greewood, Administrative Man- memory-minde- d cent) make tenants of their rights under the eight percent option rule? A. Yes. Landlords must use IRS Form 0 to offer tenants a one year lease with an eight percent ceiling as an option in the case of all leases signed since last Dec. 29 where the leases were formerly longer than one year. Forms are available at local Internal Revenue offices. BOOKS A novel is only as interesting as the people who come to life Hannah Lees, Every in it. Novel is Like Another Planet, AMERICAN is Being nobody needs you. Vice Presi- dent Spiro T. Agnew. The Utah Chapter of the Na- Writer. tional Rehabilitation Association selected officers today at its annual convention held at the World Motel in Salt Lake City. Newly elected officers include Kent Berg, Supervisor of the South Salt Lake District, who was installed as the 2nd Vice President. Berg will move to the 1st Vice President position this next year and serve as President the following year. Patricia Esplin, Supervising Counselor of the South Salt Lake District, was selected to serve as Secretary Treasurer for the Utah group. Four members of the executive loard were also chosen to serve three-yea- r terms at the meeting. They were: Ronald France, Counselor with the VA Hospital: Richard Jensen, Counselor with the Provo District Office; Morris Sorenson, Coordinator of the Disability Determination Unit, Utah State Board of Education; and Kent Thurgood, Counselor at the Salt Lake Skill Center. TOOELE, tenant? A. The landlord can increase a security deposit if he can show that the deposit has been increased with each successive tenant or that the deposit was previously based on the rent and that the rent is being increased. For example, if a security deposit of one months rent of $200 was previously required, a $220 deposit may be required when the rent is legally increased to $220. Q. MY MONTHLY rent, with allowable increases, comes to $99.50. My landlord says he can rund this off to $100. May he? A. Y'es. Under the new rent regulations, a landlord may round off any rent to the nearest dollar by eliminating any amount less than 50 cents and increasing any amount over 49 cents to the next highest dollar. If a landlord uses rounding, he must use it for all units in the same building or complex. Q. Are all real estate sales exempt from price controls? A. ALL SALES of unimproved real estate with improvements, such as a house, road, etc., which were completed before Aug. 15, 1971, are exempt from Sales of real estate controls. improvements completed on or after Aug. 15, 1971 are exempt only if 1) the sales price is determined after the completion of construction, or 2) the sales price is determined before the completion of construction and the wage rates estimated by the builder at the time is determined are not subsequently reduced by the Pay Board. form I Q. Do you have a of my some to notify use can like Soadding maternity benefits to there but cial Security you're UTAH 967-234- Board, Washington, D.C. 20551. I Q. Can the security deposit on an apartment be increased when it is rented to another with Utah Rehabilitation Association Selects Officers Help Us Celebrate and Enjoy the Nostalgia of the Pastl ! thru GLIMPSES OF THE PAST |