Show Group Proposes Charge Change In Distribution Of Sales Tax Should distribution of the one- one half balf per cent sales tax lax be changed from point of sale to a 3 aper aper per capita basis A GROUP in Utah believe elie it should The matter was brought to the city council of Bountiful during its ils regular meeting this week to seek seck i its ils s support The group hopes to have the state Legislature vote rote on the matter at the next s session HARVARD R. R l Hinton told the tIie council that Bountiful would profit if the change were made by receiving more money than at present Distribution would world be calculated calculated calculated on the tile number of residents in the he city based on the federal census t taken ken every ten years Some cities and counties have already approved the move he noted Davis is County has bas not as asyet yet MR l HINTON asked the city fathers for five cents per capita to lo help finance the program to bring about the Ute change Finley Wilkinson state Representative Representative Representative from south Davis was vas present and commented on the program He said the option sales tax lax was approved to help Salt Lake City which was far farin farin farin in the red APART A J PART OF the idea bel behind nd the tax is that larger cities provide many services for those living near the city whose residents that pay no tax to aid the city This has assisted Salt Lake Cil City as well as many other cities I sponsored a bill to lo do just what this group is proposing now he continued But it was defeated Now I feel the matter matters s should have more stu study y MR replied that cities receive benefit from the money shoppers spend for lor goods broods This would not be changed However the taxes would be divided on a per capita capi capi- ta basis Salt Lake would lose while others would gain At the rate Bountiful is growing growing growing grow grow- ing we will probably have I twice the tile population we have now before the Ule ne next i federal census Councilman Paul 0 O. Huber sai said l. l But our per capita ratio would remain the same He lie suggested a thorough plotting plotting plotting plot plot- ting of estimated growth and ald sales tax be e completed before any action is taken to lo support the proposed change COUNCILMAN IA L. L F. F Eckman said the law would be be just and fair and if iI it had been enacted earlier would have made better belter zoning easier in inU inthis inthis U this s area arro As it is each community community com com- is fighting to get business business business busi busi- ness within n its ils limits and it is allowed most anywhere The council agreed to study the mailer malter further |