| Title |
M. H. Kerr, Salt Lake City, Utah, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
M. H. Kerr, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Kerr, M. H. |
| Contributor |
Haddard, Mitch |
| Date |
1970-08-04 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Kerr, M. H.--Interviews; Auditors--Utah--Interviews; Uranium industry--United States |
| Keywords |
Tax auditors |
| Description |
Transcript (24 pages) of an interview by Mitch Haddard with M. H. Kerr, on August 4, 1970. From tape number 61 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Kerr, director of the Utah State Tax Commission, talked with Mitch Haddard in Salt Lake City. Subjects: assessment of taxes, tax laws, small mining companies, problems with tax assessment (24 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
15 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Rights Holder |
For further information please contact Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah at spcreference@lists.utah.edu or (801)581-8863 or 295 South 1500 East, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6sf538v |
| Topic |
Auditors; Uranium industry |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1054885 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf538v |
| Title |
Page 12 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1054870 |
| OCR Text |
Show M. H. KERR #1 the tax commission felt was necessary. Now unfortunately the tax commission did not completely implement this law. They were persuaded by representatives of Atlas, Homestake, Hecla, and other large ones--they were large companies, had plenty of assets to take care of any taxes legally due. [They persuaded us that] it would be a hardship to force them to put up, say, a million dollars in security. Well, I guess the advice of the department, the commission just didn •t require it of some of these companies. Well, they got caught. I can't say that it was crooked, but the companies took the position that the law provided that the property itself was security itself for the taxes on it. And that's all the security they had, and that's all we could take. And they it would be their duty to their stockholders to take advantage of all the provisions of the law. That was their position and the court upheld it, and it went to the Supreme Court and they upheld it. MH: This is a Supreme Court decisions that upheld this? MK: I'll have to check that, but I believe so. I believe it went right to the Supreme Court. I know I sat through the district court in Price. Yes. And then, of course, at that time the tax commission immediately required every uranium and vanadium 10 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf538v/1054870 |
