Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-05 | Page 5 | Reveals Taxes on Insurance

REVEALS TAXES ON INSURANCE Policy Holders HoMers In Utah Bearing Share of Special Special cial Burden Insurance holders policy r In the Ule state of Utah paid out In 1925 1 25 In addition to their general taxes It as citizens tho sum of In Inthe the form of state tite insurance Il- Il li licenses censes taxes and fees to a a bulletin Issued by the tho Ince department of the chamber or of commerce of the United States The bulletin discloses IL a growl growing practice on the part of state title SO gov- governments gov to levy special Imposts Upon policy holders as os a II mean of of raisinS raising general ro re Dur Dur- During DurIng During ing 1925 a 0 total of n n s collected In this way In the entire country more than In 1922 Of this amount only 1 In 27 was as used for tor the maintenance of state I li de- de der departments de departments r the th purpose for which h the taxes were originally Intended intended The rest was used for state function function function tion for which the holders policy policy td h-td nd already been taxed as citi- citi z ns z ns These Those state functions had no particular relationship to policy policy- policyholders policy holders holders as a class an any more Ulan than to any ny other type of taxpayers