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Show ventory Tax Must Not be I g n o r e d lalrnum Irwin Arnovlta of tho tax commission Wednesday ded a warning to merchants they must comply with the Age montluy inventory law or heavy penalties. He empha-. empha-. the fact that the new average ihly inventory law does not re-- re-- a physical chock of stocks, but bo computed by simple booking. book-ing. ,e new law requires the assessor assess-or retailors on a basis of aver-monthly aver-monthly inventory throughout I -ear. rectors or the Utah Retail Gro-association Gro-association Wednesday ap- i the now law, acknowledging' I it was enacted to equalize the .oad. Tuesday the Utah State iters' association voted to dis-d dis-d the statute and to submit ltories as or January 1. e letter to all county assessors .ined tho. provisions of the law called upon the county officers " nd their even' assistance to hants in doubt as to the re-ments. re-ments. :ie members of this commission ot believe merchants generally d to defy you as county assess-3 assess-3 make an assessment of their ;rty in accordance with the ; of the laws," wrote Mr. Arno- r; nting out to the county assess-rhat assess-rhat steps should be token to ce the law and calling atten-:o atten-:o the $100 forfeiture tor failure port, the tax commission con-s con-s that "in fairness to those lants and all other taxpayers ally who have and will contui-com.pl- with the requirements e law, you must use these pu-measures pu-measures to make the law uni-,ly uni-,ly effective. ; retailers at their Tuesday ng contended that the new in-ry in-ry law would raise taxes which , have to be passed on to the mers and that it would require onal labor. V. Hale, chairman of the gro- ) isolation's legislative commit -dd, "The law was passed to ze the tax burden and our indicates it will accomplish purpose by preventing evasive ices possible under the old e. Food retailers represent the t division of the retail indus--f p;id as fax as we are concerned 'iw appears to have sufficient to justify a fair trial. While ;jf;w act may be objectionable to classes of merchants, particu-"1'(j particu-"1'(j jo larger operators, we cannot ibe to such oposition to the o |