Show IID Uncle Bites SPECIAL TO THE CLIPPER Taxes are again in the spotlight spotlight spot- spot light in Davis County what with the day of reckoning April 0 15 just around the corner i UNCLE Sam will be present I that day hand extended to Receive all offerings in the form of personal income taxes based upon 1970 earnings The big question in each taxpayers taxpayer's taxpayers taxpayer's tax- tax payers payer's mind as he struggles a with the various forms and schedules he must fill out is how big the bite will be this t r time LAST YEAR approximately in personal income 1 taxes left the local area bound for Washington This time based upon Government Government Government Gov Gov- estimates the overall overall overall over over- all amount is expected to be somewhat less This is so due to the favorable factor of ofa ofa a smaller surtax two and andOne andone one half percent and despite the fact that many people earned earned earned earn earn- ed more money in 1970 thanin than thanin in the previous year The reason is is that there were many more ore people than usual who were unemployed AS A result the Government expects to collect billion in n personal taxes or 19 billion billion bil bil- bil- bil lion less than last April Davis County's share of the tax load was determined by byan byan byan an unofficial breakdown of the payments received from the State of Utah as a whole which totaled LOCAL residents contributed ed close to 92 percent of that amount or about 27 This year in line with the changed economic situation and with the revised figures contained contained contained con con- in the budget that was recently submitted to Congress the personal tax returns from the local area will be around it t is estimated LARGE AS this amount is it may be the smallest sum the they will be called upon to pay on an annual basis for some time to come The expectations for the next fiscal year beginning July 1 1971 run considerably higher The budget counts on personal person person- al income taxes reaching billion which i is 54 billion more than at present FOR DAVIS County residents to be able to carry their current current current cur cur- rent share of that tax load and at the same time maintain maintain maintain main main- tain their present standard of living their 1971 incomes will have to be about 61 percent higher than they were in 1970 K |