The Sweetwater County Commissioners voted 3-2 to forgive approximately $65,000 in unpaid property taxes, but some commisioners werre none too pleased with the decision. Items ranging from desks, chairs and computers to the heavy, earth-moving equipment used in mines throughout the county are taxed each year. According to Pat Drinkle, chief-deputy assessor in the Sweetwater County Assessor’s Office, businesses have to pay that tax. The tax is somewhat unenforcable because it's hard to put leins on movable equipment, so when the bill goes unpiad, the city or county can't collect.When asked by the commissioners if there was a legal remedy for businesses not paying taxes on movable property, Deputy County Attorney Cliff Boevers said, “to my recollection, there wasn’t.”
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