SCHOLEFIELD: WELLS & SAXTER CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FIRST SECURITY BANK. OGDEN; UTAH BUILDING August tr. ear 2b; i940 J. BS Russell, Vice-President, Browning Arms Company, St. Louis, Missouri. Jo} #+ We Nnave been studying with ir. Thatcher four letter to him dated August 14, 1940 enelosing an orvzinal letter from the 8t. Louis office of the Treasury Department dated August léth, alse a copy of a letter dated August 10 940 to Thomas E.- Copley, Chief, Field Nivision, St. Lodis, from tr. Thos. GC. MeClintic, Deputy Cov lector; who exat he records of the Browning Arms Company at St.~% ed to the Chie at. St. Loul paragraph the by y ) ming srms Lax Miss Mr. mber the saie of taxab he made a spot check records upon which 8. hicClintic and the amount .of of : stated that ir. Arms Company, was nad been kept. Thos. 4 we. Thomas &. Copley, is made in the sec ond Company has maintaine d work bs by months and tnat Ri. questioned our . a& excise sl to necords. . He also Afanag¢ex of the Browning wi is dype of record ta: In order that we may know exactiy what the examiner. stated relative to this accrual, we would greatly appreciate it if you would advise us, in memorandum form, just what information was given to him-by you verablly. Did Khe check into the general books and find that we had set up a reserve or liability for this tax, or did he have access only to the working sheets? While no doubt a great deal of time was saved by the examining officer in accepting the figures which. had been compiled by us, we are wondering