The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

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The bill of amendments Ia ,eI,sr-
existing sales and business tax !.
begins functioning May /, as do~ank
the new tax on fuel oil and othe,on
liquifisble petroleum products. ON
Biggest change, to the sveragens
taxpayer, however. will be that he an
has to begin paying the two PEI
cent sales tax on all foods which an
have been exempt since the taSthe
was enacted in 1888. He also hasnd
TO pay the sales tax on his lsun-the
dry. dry cleaning. shoe shines snding
other personal services.
The state tax commission esti7hip
mates dropping of food eXemptionsand
will raise $4,000, 900 a biennium; the
the sales tax on certain service the
businesses. Ss50,000; the sales tsx,rs-
on purchases by the state or itshed
subdivisions, 100000; the statesmen
tax on liquor, $500, 900: the revisedraft
compromising tax. $1,000. 900; theyest
doubled tax on cigarets, 50 900 000.ced
Other revisions in the law to plug and
present loopholes will yield Sl.yere
600. 900 and the fuel oil tax an addi-owl-
tional $500 600.
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ONE of the points of conpital
" troversy now is whether
the counties have to pay the bro
sales tax for relief familiesaahial
they care for by vouchers orr ' in
whether the family has to DR..
raise the tax money itself. lived
The attorney general ruled the face
county had to pay. car
Verne H. Graham. assistant sol for
cial security director. said coun-
ties which now pay cost of direct
relief under the 1889 law can in
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in handing out $40 voucher"
he said. .the county can give the
relief family an order for s9.s0n
worth of food and 90 cents for
sales tax or give a 5000 voucher, =
the 20 cents being for the tax.
OUTSTANDING features of
" the new tax law follow: II
Food EXemptiOns-The sales tax
will be levied on hitherto-untaXed
fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, -
cheese, bread, eggs, butter and .
canned milk.
Sales Tax on Service Businesses
Thousands of businessmen who Ne
have not collected the sales tax on 30
the services they performed viii
have to do So This includes all Da
bootblacks shoemakers, cleaners. Gil
Overs, laundrymen and businesses PIT
which rent autos, boats or other
personal property. He
Sales Tax on Purchases by State,
County and City Governments - Oh
Heretofore only proprietary activi- Oh
ties of governmental units, such as
street railways and light compa- bal
MES, paid the sales tax on pur- ph
chases. Now all purchases, even r.,
for strictly governmental functions. ,
must bear the tax. ~
Sales Tax on Liquor-The two ia,
per cent tax will be added to the
price of liquor on top of the 10
per cent additional boost in price
also voted by the 1889 session and Ian
put into effect Feb. /. No
Revised Compensation Tax-Con-
tains a new provision that stores
having branches outside Of Wash
ington must require them to col
lect the compensating tax for this -
state when selling to Washington
residents. These branches must
to ct "a
Cigaret Tax - Present cent tax
on packages of 20 cigarets boosted
to two cents. neN
EueI ou Tax-I .e,,v kent at same ten
rate but base brOadened ele'