Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-12-20
How The Sales Tax VIII Operate

When the new sales tax goes into
effect Jan. Is, 1895, shoppers will
return home loaded with state sales
tax receipts. Every time you make
payment of an article between nine
cents and 40 cents, inclusive. you
must pay one cent tax at time of
purchase.
If the total price is between Al
cents and 20 cents, you pay two
cents tax. II it is between II cents
and 81. the total tax is three cents.
When you buy more than a dol
lars worth. you will have to pay
three cents tax per dollar and more
all over again with the nine cents
to 40 cents bracket
The tax bill would be in
creased if you paid for each ar
ticle as you bought it instead
of paying the entire bill at
once
For example, if you bought 10 ar
ticles at the five and ten. each cost
ing 10 cents. you would have to pay
for 10 one-cent coupons. The tax
on that dollars worth of purchases
would amount to 10 cents. But if
you paid for them all at once. you
would have to buy only one three
cent coupon and saving of seven
cents would result.
The difference in the amount of
tax on the same purchases occurs
because tax must be collected when
ever money is turned over to a ven-
dor and you have to pay a higher
n II
than on a ST bill
Most of the stores which now
collect at every counter, as do
the five and ten cent stores, are
expected to change their meth
cd of collection SO that you can
save tax costs by paying for ali
your purchases at one time.
Ii you order groceries delivered
at your home, the tax will be in
cluded in the bill and the delivery
boy will give you the receipts when
he delivers the groceries. If you
buy 500 coat, you will have to
pay a SO tax. If you charge the
bill, the account will be increased
by SO and you will get the SO tax
receipt when you make the pur-
chase. The same system of tax
payment will be used in all charge
accounts.
No tax will be collected on the
payment of debts which are con-
tracted before the measure becomes
effective, the tax commission has
decided.
After you have received the tax
coupons, they are yours and you can
do whatever you want to with them
If you pay income tax, it
would be wise idea to save all
of the tax coupons. You can
use them at the end of the year
as proof that you have paid a
certain amount in sales tax and
that you should have that in
cluded in the exemptions, ac-
cording to state tax officials.
Before Jan. i, the merchants
must go to the auditors office at
the court house and get vendors
license. That will cost ST.. These
license forms are expected to be at
the auditors offices by the end of
this week
About Jan. 10, tax receipt cou-
pons will be in the hands of the
IL
the state tax commission. These
coupons must be purchased in ad-
vance. When sale is made, the
coupon is torn in two, half given to
the customer, the other half re-
tanned by the merchant.
There are no stipulated number
Of coupons which must be purchas-
ed at any one time. State tax COM
only rule is Just see
that you don't run OUT
For each dollars worth of sales,
three cents must be added to the
bill, and the customer given his half
of three-cent coupon. If the bill
totals something between $1.09 and
$1.41, the tax is three cents for the
81 and one cent for the remainder
If the bill is between $1.41 and
$170 the tax is five cents--a three
cent coupon and two-cent coupon.
If it is between $40 and 50, the
tax is six cents-two three-cent cou-
pons The same system is used on
sales under ST. The tax is to be
charged whenever money is paid,
of how many different
counters the customer pays during
a single shopping tour. 1t is to be
assessed for the full amount of the
purchase if the bill is charged and
must be added at the time the pur-
chase is made or agreed to, accord
ing to the commission authorities.
Vendors probably will be required
to keep record of sales-a record,
probably consisting of purchase rec
ords, invoices, bills of lading, the
tax receipts and other
documents which may be demanded
hu the commission