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Show which of the American, Democrat, Libertarian or Republican parties he wants to receive the $1. Designating $1 to go to a political party does not increase , the individual taxpayer's taxes. The new law further provides that of the $1 given by the taxpayer,' tax-payer,' half of it goes to the party's state organization and the other half goes to the party's county organization of the county in which the taxpayer resides. An early check with the Tax Commission shows that only about 25 percent of the taxpayers who have filed so far have taken advantage of the political contribution con-tribution check-off. Utahns unaware of $1 political contribution on tax Most Utahns apparently are unaware that the last Utah State Legislature passed a law similar to the federal law enabling taxpayers to direct $1 of their taxes be used for political purposes, pur-poses, the chairmen of the Utah Republican and Democratic parties said Tuesday. "The 1973 Utah Election Campaign Fund Act states that each taxpayer may designate that $1 of his state taxes be transferred from the State Tax Commission to the political party that the taxpayer designates on his state tax return," John Klas, Democrat State Chairman, and T. William Cockayne, Republican State Chairman, said in a joint statement Tuesday. The 1974 Utah Tax Forms have a box for the taxpayer to check if he wishes $1 of his taxes to be given to a political party and then the four political parties legally recognized in Utah are listed. The taxpayer then checks |