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Show Utah Rates Average In Tax on Property Utah is an average state with respect to its , overall relative property tax burden. This conclusion con-clusion was reached by Utah Foundation in its latest study on the property tax burden in the 48 states. "According to the Foundation's report, Utah ranked 28th in the nation in the amount of state and local property taxes collected per capita during 1957. The property tax burden was equal to $71.12 per capita in Utah, compared with $75.15 per person per-son in the U. S. and $81.12 per person in the eight Mountain States. The report observes that a large part of the property tax burden in the nation is paid by business and industry. In Utah, 56.9 per cent of the total property prop-erty tax bill last year was paid by owners of commercial and industrial property. Because of the large mining valuations in the state, commercial and industrial in-dustrial property comprises a substantially greater proportion of the total property tax base in Utah than is the case for the nation na-tion as a whole. As a result, the relative burden on noncommercial noncommer-cial propery in Utah probably is somewhat below the average. When property taxes are related re-lated to personal income, Utah ranks 20th among the 48 states. Property taxes in Utah were equal to 4.47 per cent of the state's personal income. In the 48 states, property taxes were equal to 3.98 per cent of the nation's na-tion's total personal income. In the eight mountain states, approximately ap-proximately 4.68 per cent of the personal income went for property prop-erty taxes. Foundation analysts point out that among the Western states, the relative property tax burden is highest in California and Montana. Mon-tana. On the other hand, the property tax is used least in New Mexico and Washington. Washington, Wash-ington, however, currently im-pises im-pises the highest state sales tax in the nation with a rate of 4 per cent. |