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Show Tuesday, August 16, 1994 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 3A Carbons taxable sales growth significant among rural couties Bullish business invest- Beaver led the ment, consumer confidence and a booming residential construction market pushed er ed economist Doug Macdonald, outlines results in three economic sectors, including retail Driving the April sales boom were purchases related to the construction of a hog processing plant. In addition, taxable sales reported by nearly 7,000 of Utahs largest companies which collect 80 percent of the states sales tax reported an 18.5 percent increase in gross taxable sales for the month of April compared to the same month in 1993. Large firms report their sales monthly, while the bulk of Utahs businesses less-populat- counties in significant growth, posting a 51.9 percent gain in taxable sales. Utahs taxable sales up 13.4 percent over the same period last year, said the State Tax Commission of Utah recently. first-quart- the State of Utah. The quarterly report written by tax commission chief 1993. trade, business equipment investment and taxable services. interest rates, record high Utah business confiLow Following with significant growth were Carbon, Wasatch and Millard counties, whose sales were up 43.7, 39.8 and dence and strong competitive pressures were factors which probably boosted Utah business investment during the first quarter, the report said. The (business investment) gain was formed mostly by the jump in final taxable sales by Utahs wholesalers. In the retail trade sector, an almost gain in retail durable goods sales pushed overall retail trade up 12.5 percent, the report said. And taxable services made a respectable gain in the first quarter of 1994. 30.5 percent respectively. However, declines of 58.5, 38.6 and 26.2 percent were noted in Piute, Emery and Rich counties. Taxable sales in San Juan and Garfield each declined between 14 and 15 percent during April. report sales quarterly. Taxable sales along the Wasatch Front grew impress- Business 14.5-perce- nt nt investment nt purchases led the major trade sectors, escalating 14.5 percent in the first quarter, according to a report, First Quarter 1994 Gross Taxable Retail Sales and Purchases in during April, with Utah, Davis, Salt Lake and Weber ively counties respectively reporting 27.6, 23.4, 17.6 and 10.7 percent growth over April issues bank scams warning BBB For years the Better Business Bureau has warned consumers to be very careful about giving out their credit card numbers to unknown callers or companies. Now the BBB is warning consumers to be just as vigilant about giving out bank account numbers. An unscrupulous company that has a consumers bank account numbers can draw up a draft and access the account without that account owners signature or consent. Many legitimate companies, such as public utilities or health clubs, seek and gain permission from their customers to directly draft monthly payments from bank accounts for the sake of convenient Unethical companies, however, will take advantage of the information to plunder a consumers account. Con artists use many different pitches to gain access to consumers account numbers. One ploy is a call or send a postcard notifying potential victims they have won a sweepstakes prize the supposed winners are told they must pay special taxes. In certain cases, the bill-payin- g. artist offers to contact the Internal Revenue Service and handle the tax payments. However, to do so, the scammer claims to need the winners bank account numbers. con In another variation, the con artist asks for a bank account number and the number of the last check written on the account so that he or she can verify the winner has enough money to pay a carrying charge. Some consumers have lost money out of their accounts when doing business with certain disreputable credit-repai- r companies. These companies provide little help in fixing customers credit records, and some of them continue to withdraw money from customers accounts beyond the original agreed upon fee. Consumers can safeguard their accounts from being drained by unscrupulous operators if they guard their bank account numbers as carefully as they guard their credit card numbers, and if they first check out any questionable offers with the BBB. Mining claim fees due Aug. 31 performed during the assessment year that just ended (i.e., 1994 assessment year) in the proper BLM state office. The evidence of assessment work must be recorded annually on examiner, miners who hold an interest in 10 or fewer claims and meet assessment work requirements may qualify for a waiver of the fee. However, a Maintenance Fee Payment Waiver Certification, Form 3830-2- , must be submitted to the proper BLM state office on or before Aug. 31 in order to obtain a fee waiver for the upcoming assessment year. If the fee waiver is obtained, miners must also file evidence that assessment work was Miners holding unpatented mining claims or sites on federal lands must pay their annual $100 per claim maintenance fee to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on or before Aug. 31 in order to keep their claims. The payment should be accompanied by a written list of mining claims names and BLM serial numbers for which the fee is being paid. According to Walt Phelps, BLM supervisory land law or before Dec. 30. Miners locating new claims must record their location documents with the appropriate BLM state office and pay a $100 maintenance fee, a $25 location fee and a $10 service charge when the claim is recorded. 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