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Show 7- Sun Advocate, Price, Utah - quarter-cen- t county option sales tax increase taking effect Jan. 1. Carbon County lawmakers exercised the recently imple- ment legislative option and formally adopted the local sales tax increase last year. The Utah Tax Commission indicates that the businesses in question will not be held liable for the late notification error. Taxpayers who were notified of the sales increase after Jan. 1 will not be held liable for tax the additional quarter-cen- t they did not collect during the few days before they received notification, pointed out state tax commission spokesperson Janice Perry Gully last week. The spokesperson noted that most businesses were aware of the change and began collecting the related tax correctly on Jan. 1. The tax that was not collected during the short period was an optional levy authorized for counties by the 1997 Utah Legislature, explained Gully. of Utahs 29 counTwenty-fiv- e ties adopted the new law. The state commission uses publications called tax bulletins to notify businesses of the changes in existing Utah laws or policies. The agency was hard pressed to produce tax bulletin on time because the 20-9- 7 counties were only required to give the tax commission 30 days notice that they had decided to adopt the tax effective Jan. 1, commented spokesperson. In the case of statewide sales tax changes such as this, have to write, print and mail upwards of 60,000 notifiwe cations within a added Gully. 30-da- Tak bulletin mailing1 in period, y 20-9- 7 began But cost-cuttin- Tuesday, January 27, 1998 5A presents to reduce postage nearly 25,000 of the bulletins did not hit the mail stream until late December and early January. The tax bulletin was posted on the Internet on Dec. 15. In addition, the mailing was also slowed by a decision to send bulletin as part of the regular sales tax return mailing, which added steps in the process. Combining the tax return and bulletin mailings was expected to save the state approximately $20,000 in postage. Because the action slowed notification, the state commission decided to provide a small window of relief to Utah businesses who hadnt begun collecting the additional quarter-cen- t tax due to the delay. Instructions on how businesses should account for the will be included with the next sales tax returns. The companies that received the late bulletin were the states largest and smallest businesses. Utahs largest businesses, which collect andor pay approximately 80 percent of the states sales tax revenues, are those least likely to be caught unawares by a tax change, pointed out Gully. Most of those companies rely on one of several national companies whose business is to stay on top of tax changes and notify their clients, added the commission spokesperson. Affected firms include auto dealerships, grocery stores and other large retail operations throughout Utah. The smallest companies are only required to file tax returns annually and collect - over the full year - less than $1,000 in sales tax. All Utah counties except Tooele, Millard, Emery, and Kane have imposed the addisales tax. tional guarter-cen- t - Price Citys Notification of sales tax increase delayed Some Utah businesses received late notification of a -- An Evening of Ballet & Music featuring local area performers Saturday, February 7, 1998 7:30 p.m. g 20-9- 7 Price Civic Auditorium Admission is Free - under-collectio- n Snow tires still bought despite weather Paul Wain, a local tire store employee rolls two new tires out of storage to put in the front window display. Recent sunny weather and warm temperatures have caused some regret for purchasing snow tires, but the winter still has some life. Winter storms aren't expected to return for at least a week, but tires with extra tread help when the snow does fall. pwHJTliniu jj Sue & Warren Whitlock celebrated birthdays in January Sue celebrated her 70th birthday on January 23rd, and Warren celebrated his 75th birthday on January 24lh. They are the parents of three children, Patsy Frandsen, Diane Doporto and Terri Salas. They have nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Their family is the love and joy of their life. They enjoy traveling and volunteering at the Headstart Center. Their children hosted a dinner in their honor at the Pic n Shovel on January 24 th for family and close friends. III HOME MORTGAGE RATES HAVEN T BEEN THIS LOW FOR A LONG TIME yti f.i ' 1 ?ir 'J )u Newspaper article corrections Due to an inadvertent error in the Jan. 13 picture and caption of the Sunnyside volunteer fire department, there are some corrections in the names and information. The corrections are as follows: Jim Chadbourne a retired Syracuse fire fighter donated the rescue van to Sunnyside. Chief Tom Jensen is the current chief at Syracuse. Chief Don Berry is the Salt Lake City fire chief. Chris Cage is associated with the World Wide Fire Fighters, and is also out of Salt Lake City Fire Department. Take pride in Bill Jackson is the Sunnyside fire chief. The article published Tuesday, Jan. 20, about the Carbon County 4-- H Refinance now at program was missing some necessary information. Carbon County Recreation made it possible for the program to be implemented and Pro Care is being integrated with Steve Christensen heads the recreation department and Barbara Metelko is over the Pro Care division. The Sun Advocate regrets the inadvertent errors. Zions Bank for up to 4-- 15 years at record low rates, with NO fees or closing costs. the fact that you 're a member of Carbon County! It's Utah s Energy Centra i! 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