Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-27
OATAIS GATHERED
ON THE TAXABLE
PROPERTYOFSTATE
Reports From Corporations
Coming in Preparatory to
Meeting of the Board Of
Equalization.

The state tax commission is busy
preparing data on assessable property
in this state particularly common car
riers, power, telephone and telegraph
lines and plants, to be placed before
the state board of equalization which
goes into session the second Monday
of August for the purpose of equaliz-
ing valuations. This board is COM
posed OF the governor, attorney gen.
eral, secretary of state, state auditor
and state treasurer Experts with the
state tax commission have been active
in the field gathering the necessary in
formation and. judging from reports,
the commission will be instrumental in
adding to the assessment rolls hundreds
of thousands of dollars in new prop
erty that has heretofore escaped tax
alton.
Statements Coming In.
Financial statements of the various
common carriers, telegraph, telephone
electric, postal and other companies
are being daily received both by the
commission and the state auditor.
These reports come in duplicate form
and are filed with both. Complete
records of the data contained in these
reports is Transcribed for the use of
the auditor and the tax commission
and from these records the commission
will make it's recommendations to the
state board of equalization aided by
the added information the commission
received through its confidential and
expert agents who have been in the
field.
After Inheritance Tax.
Unusual interest at the present time
Is centered in the Yates inheritance
case, one in which the commission seeks
to secure the payment of an inherl-
lance tax. The purpose Of this action
is to obtain a court ruling and hav-
ing established a precedent to proceed
TO enforce the collection of inheritance
taxes all over the state where there has
been failure to pay them. In this case
Judge w. c. Dunbar Of the probate
court issued citation to the admins
tratrix of the estate of the late John
Z. Yates to appear IN court on Aug.
20 and present an inventory of the
property decided to her prior to the de-
ceased's death. The commission
claims that It is advised and believes
certain other property belonging to the
estate should have been reported by
the executrix subject to the transfer
tax under the laws of this state. It Is
also charged that the late Mr.. Yates,
prior to his death, decided to the execu-
trix. Mrs. Georgia Townsend Yates his
wife, a large amount of property on
which transfer tax should be paid.
New Property Discovered.
There are said to be a large number
OF other estates similarly situated like
the Yates and the tax commission pro-
poses to see that the transfer tax is
paid II it is possible to enforce the law
in this regard. 1t is claimed that the
tax revenues Of the state will be IN
creased many thousands Of dollars
alone through the collection of this tax
as there are a number of estates in
various parts OF Idaho 1t is alleged have
been escaping paying the tax.
That large amount of new property
undiscovered by the tax experts as hay
ing escaped taxation for years will be
added to the assessment roll this year.
In addition the commission has been
making hard fight before the interior
department TO have granted timber