Crittenden record-press., 1917-03-22
WHY KENTUCKY NEEDS
A new TAX SYSTEM
Proposed Changes In The Laws =
Being Considered By
The Legislature

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for while but In time the owner Will
awake to the read lation that he ia
losing money on his investment and
will seek Tor means TO make II pay as
he knows the loss on the follow land
must be borne by his productive fields
For twenty-five years under bane
tucky has had lot of fallow land and
other unproductiye property lying
around and contributing nothing to
the revenue and the expense OF running
the government has been imposed on
other land and property In sight and
easily taxed
The tax rate has been increased
Thirty.se and onehalf t37isl pet
cent and the assessments OF property
Sixty O6nl per cent but the revenue has
not kept up with the expenditures and
the state has piled mp debt Of -Four
Million Dollars. which is increasing at
the rate OF sixty Thousand Dollars pet
month
The State needs more money for
Schools Roads and the support OF It's
Institutions and every year will see an
increase in the assessment of the same
property with probability Of an In
crease In the tax rate unless some plan
can be- found 10 discover other source'
OF revenue from other property TO bs
taxed
There i' said TO he over a Billion
and quarter Of untaNcd property In
the state which local assessors are
spparcnlh unable TO discover and az
this represents more tn value than the
property tarcd II is very plain tha, the
latter is oyerburdened
The state Tax Commission ap
pointed under Resolution o. the Lrgis
lature OF 1916. composed Of ,hres
senator. and four Representatives
from the Counties of Harlan bourbon
Allcu t. yJn. Carlisle. Shelby and JET
ferson of different political Affiliations
farmers, laNlrr~ and business men
after seven months la0Or IN invczti
gatiag the tax Laws o' ihis aud other
States has proposed rrmel, aud ;hs
Legislature has been called In extra
ordinary session ~ consider sane
The Nov Las cmbody the practical
and successful methods of taxation 10
vogue III o'A'I pro porous H''i"" .
applied 20 existing conditions .n Ken
tucky
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and The collective adyauist. will b.
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persons and 3" nearly r,sry taSpsys
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