Show CONTROL of I 1 I 1 TURES 11 1 time for control at hand editors note tile the subject ot or abos Is of serious importance to our at tills this time of the alie year tin state T tax ax commission has pre prepared Parel a so flo five ai tides articles which we ie con of interest inte iest and of educational value one will appear each week in the san juan record general property taxes in fit utah become d delinquent elin quent lit in december alost nio jt taxpayers profess to be painfully fully aware of the fact not so many taxpayers appear to realize that if anything is to be done in the way ay of effective reduction of the tax bill falling failing due the following novi aber Dec decembre embee Is ti tie 1 e N blell it should be done yet it Is in ili december that thai the program for public by y for foi following year Is mac is e up lip S c I 1 I 1 districts make up lip their annual pio pa adams a ili or 01 budgets foi the lie fiscal year belll beg beginning ining each june i if the expenditures are aie on oil the pro pio grain so made up ili the money will ft lit in all probability ile hs spent and ill the 0 chief if not the only way a lit in which counties count ef cities towns tons and school sello districts may arny i raise ilse funds to pay for foi eliell expenditures Is the gen 1 oral cral property pio ta tax i I 1 the hie programs giogi nils fixed in it december and tune june ther croie fix n tit the e leies ulden lie are collected tile tho KM Nov elliber it Is B useless soless ii to lo liolia september mass iliTs s and all d declaim deel aini against tax levies when tile the aiono lias has already boen spent it Is a waste of time to attempt tax ta reduction induction li reduction ip in tile the assessed valuation vil nation of property if the expenditure has been maje made a i re deuced educed assessed valuation means simply imply an all increased levy lev dut it Is ib very deiy much worth lille to study budeitt bu dEits before the they are approved and it Is time alm well veil spent for foi property pi op ON liers to meet with their lepro re sell cs in public office ind and deti n liine lite what int money should be spent tile iho coming year eai 11 in may tle taxpayer tp ael receives loce ies i 1 otice from tile flip county count treasurer or tile the t valuation al nation which his has been placed on oil ills his property for anition pui posos lie ile nia IT y protest to tile the county count boa bomi bo mi rd jr f equalization it if tile the assessor asses soi Is ratin ble and conscientious tile ta pei alyer will ill usually loarn lie he Is assessed on oil the same basis a his liel bois and id ills his protest Is without lt valid ground comes tile the ta tax bill front lorn tile county treasurer tit the taxpayer tai ta i may bp be sorely tiit a find thel tile etione to meet tile the obligation hut but if f he objects it ft will be only to learn that it Is too late to do an thing about it rut but perhaps tills lite late in kiil lie may hive have urged tile docili officials to dellic their levies only to find tint that more moie than hilf the current taxes have aliende been spent and the in all lit 1 has ia been already obligated Is the file then thea hopeless Is lit it entirely beyond tile the power of th ta t to ro regulate gulite on the he contrary conti nr it is within his control cont iol ample til lifty Is khen every taxpayer tax paPi to insist lit in fixing the amount of taxes to ile be paid in his community of 0 coi course liTe the law does cloes not permit tho tj to individual taxpayer to n fix the amount of its his own taxes to the extent ol 01 of compelling others to pay the taxes he should pay nor does it allow an all individual to escape tile the raiment payment or of a tn tax duty duly levied the benefits or of which lie he lias has already enjoyed just ill as the liw law does do not ot permit an all dull to buy bu goods on credit ana an then to escape payment after the goods are consumed dut the law lav does give the individual opportunity to join with others in debei determining mining lit in at advance ivance the amount of taxes to be said aid lit in his hig community this Is one of the fundamentals ament als that must be understood it IE lie he taxpayer Is to exercise effective voice lit in control of ills his tax levy the next article tit in tills this series will hlll deal lea with it a brief bilet analysis of the prom arty taxes in your our county bount tor for tile tha current year ear q |