The fiscal problem in Missouri

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Identifikator:: 1833271335

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-230042

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The fiscal problem in Missouri

Place of publication:: New York

Publisher:: National Industrial Conference Board, Inc.

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: xvi, 359 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VI. Tax administration ( Continued)

Collection:: Economics Books

168 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI ers serve, however, to keep the question before the public, and in view of the facts, which furnish strong support of the position taken by the bankers, it is difficult to see how ade- quate redress can be denied much longer. Assessment of Motor Vehicles While bank stock is relatively overvalued, the motor vehicles that are assessed for taxation are probably under- valued in many counties. In the previous chapter data for the average value of motor vehicles assessed in each county as of June 1, 1927, were presented. The average valuation per motor vehicle for the state was $192.42. When’ the data for St. Louis City and the counties in which Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Springfield are located are excluded, the average value per motor vehicle for the remainder of the state was found to be only $139.16. Assuming a 55%, valua- tion, the real average value would be $350 per motor vehicle for the state as a whole and $253 excluding the city and counties just mentioned. The average value per motor vehicle in a number of counties as shown by the valuations as equalized was less than $100. It is doubtful that an average value of less than $100 can be justified for any county of the state, even allowing for the fact that property valua- tions are on the average much less than 1009, of true value. The data for the average value of motor vehicles provide many significant comparisons. For example, the average value per motor vehicle was $204.97 for Randolph County, $155.61 for Boone County, and $122.98 for Howard County. These are adjacent counties. Numerous comparisons of this kind might be made. Differences in wealth may account for a part of the differences, but such comparisons are neverthe- less suggestive. Variations in Real Estate Assessments Missouri has a large number of assessors, and the problem of supervision is a difficult one. Since the State Tax Com- mission was established that body has attempted to remedy the inequalities due to lack of uniform assessment standards by establishing a certain measure of centralized supervision of the local assessors. An annual meeting of county assessors

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