Show Report Shows Per Cent Levy Of Property Taxes Owners of commercial and industrial property paid million or of all property property property prop prop- erty taxes charged in Utah during during during dur dur- ing 1 1956 56 This was one of the findings of a study just lust released released released re re- re- re I leased by Utah Foundation on the I private nonprofit tax research ag agency ncy I According to the Foundation study residential property own owners owners owners ers paid million or of the total property properly tax burden and owners of agricultural agri agricultural agri- agri cultural property bore 48 mil million million million lion or r 79 of the property tax load Motor l vehicle owners paid 40 million in property taxes in 1956 66 of the total amount charged while 04 million 07 3 in property taxes were charged to owners of property not otherwise classi tied fied Altogether a total of million in property taxes were charged in Utah last year The Foundation report notes this is the first time it has been possible to determine the proportion of taxes paid by the various economic groups in Utah Heretofore no distinction distinction distinction tion was made on the tax rolls between agricultural and industrial industrial industrial in in- property in rural areas nor between residential and business property in urban areas Thus in the past it was impossible impossible impossible im im- im- im possible to determine who paid the property tax in Utah Foundation analysts point out that the absence of information information mation oration regarding the sources of Df the property tax and its economic impact has been a major obstacle in appraising the overall equity of the Utah state and local tax structure |