Show partial payments may be made on taxes 1 persons dersons unable to ra pay y all of tax may ray pay in two or three payments and save part of penalty and interest As a result of a decision by the utah tax commission n k bout through the activities of th ill state farm bureau taxpayers this year will have the privilege of making partial payments on their taxes before the delinquent date it they so desire and thereby save a proportionate onate part odthe of the penalty and interest which results from delinquency to illustrate if I 1 a farmers tax on his farm Is and he only hasi has 50 now toward that amount he can take it to the county treasurer and that official will accept it as a partial payment and receipt him tor for it then if he Is able to pay som soni i more before the delinquent date hr hp can do so and when the delinquent date dale comes he will be charged a penalty only on the unpaid balance and only that amount will draw interest at the statutory rate until it Is all settled up it if he has paid all but 25 when the tax becomes delinquent he will bo be charged a penalty only on athali thai amount but his property will be sold tor for the unpaid balance in the usual manner heretofore treasurers treasur ers accepted partial payments if there were an assessment nt on which tuc th tax was the taxpayer must pay the full amount or nothing and it if it became delinquent the three per cent penalty was charged on the full amount of course the man who had a num nuin her of assessments a number of pieces of property all assessed separately ara tely could pay part of them and let the other part go to sale it if necessary and the new ruling will be of little or no advantage to him but to the person who has one big assessment ses and only partly enough money to pay the tax will be benefited and incidentally taxing funds will benefit to the extent that individuals are helped the new ruling give any additional time in which to pay the tax there are no extensions beyond the delinquent date and property will be sold as usual for the unpaid taxes but it if part of the taxes has hai been paid as it can be under the new ruling a proportionate part of the penalty and interest will be saved to the taxpayer no more than three partial payments may be made that is the treasurer will not accept the tax lax in more than three payments ti further information concerning the matter will be gladly supplied by the county treasurer or the commissioners ners incidentally taxpayers by petition ot of at least one hundred tiled filed with the county commissioners at their next meeting on oil tuesday the can have twenty days more time before delinquency as they did a year ago taxes wilt will become delinquent on nov 30 unless such petition is filed but by tiling filing the petition re rc it the date can be delayed unlit dec 20 |