Show t Tells About Property 1 Valuation Survey Because of a misunderstand misunderstand- misunderstanding ing among taxpayers of Uintah county regarding increases in local property valuations val Eu Eu- Eugene gene K county as as- as sessor se sor this week explained the purpose of the reclassification and reappraisal of lands and buildings now underway Members of the recent legisla legisla- legislature legislature ture enacted into law a provi provi- provision provision sion that all of the state must be I Ire reclassified re and reappraised in order to equalize assessments I on land or buildings or both The Utah state tax commis commis- slon sion which recommended this action to the legislature had first made an extensive study of f appraisals and assessments throughout the state and deter deter- determined mined that land and buildings throughout Utah were assessed approximately 30 per cent of their actual cash value This study disclosed that Uin Uin- Uin Uintah tah County was assessed 2349 percent as compared with a state average of 2731 percent On the basis of this showing the legis legis- legislature legis- legis legislature into law a lature enacted pro pro- proVision provision Vision that all land and property w Its must actual t be lah assessed cash value 1 40 2 This th percent ei eitt is tt the of reason teason for the 15 percent in- in increase increase crease Tease which Uintah county made thade tade in its last assessment There are at present two state employees in the county reclassification work One of 01 these men is la a land classifier and the other a state tax com com- commission mission building engineer Uin Uin- Uintah tah county is Js the first county in the state to get a complete reclassification re- re reclassification reclassification classification Mr states that this reclassification has disclosed that several buildings which have Been een constructed constructed since the last reclassification are not noton noton on the assessment rolls at all and that considerable land is Isnow isnow now used for agriculture which was formerly classified as graz- graz grazing graz graz- grazing ing The previous reclassification of Uintah county lands and improvements im Im- Im was made 24 years ago When the present tion is completed the county commissioners in cooperation with the state tax commission and the assessors assessor's office will ap- ap appraise ap ap- appraise praise and place a dollars and cents value on all reclassified land Ind and The entire reclassification and reappraisal lob Job jo is expected to I Ibe be completed in October iq do So that next years year's tax rolls will be tom com com com- complete uniform and to date |