Show commission explains taxation in country twenty arle one states use sales as a measure of taxation and thus thua there are twenty one varieties of sales tax laws in the united states utah to Is one of 16 states in which the law requires the retailer or vendor to collect the tax from the consumer five commonwealths give the merchant the legal option of 0 paying the sales tax out of disown his own pocket or of 0 passing iton it on the sales tax token which was devised to 0 o assist the merchant in collecting the tax from his customer la Is used in nine states in most cases the tokens are in denominations of one and five mills colorado used two mill tokens imposes no tax on sales of five cents or less washington tokens have a value ot of one third of a cent and a 3 per cent tax to la 1 imposed ampo 8 ed on sales of five fentsor cents or more in ohio the merchant gives the purchaser a receipt but no receipt Is tor for less than one con cent t the ohio law provides tor for dol collection lection 0 t f the tax or sales of nine cents or over the merchant who willingly forgets the sales tax causes far reaching annoy annoyance a nee and trouble to himself and his colleagues in business pays other persons taxes breaks the law all sales tax proceeds are devoted by the state to the relief of the needy and unfortunate said milton twitchell member of the utah commission |