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Show HALF OE OF UTAH OWNERSFAIL OWNERS OWNERSFAIL OWNERSFAIL FAIL TO PAY THEIR TAXES TAXESRougnly . Rougnly Rougaly speaking speakmg , every other pr pro- pro property pro property < > - ! perty owner in Utah failed to pay his histangible histangible histangible I hisI tangible property ta tax > . in 1932 , accord accord- according according according - ing to a statement by the Utah TaX TaXcommissIOn Taxcommission Taxcommission commissIOn This conclusion is 15 drawn drawnfrom drawnfrom drawnfrom from reports of audits of state fundaccounts fund fundaccounts fundaccounts accounts in m 11 of the 29 counties . In the 11 counties , the percentage of ofunpaId ofunpaid ofunpaid unpaId taxes ranges all aU the way from from5599 55 99 per cent in Duchesne county countydown countydown countydown down to 1161 11 61 per cent in Grand county county.However countyHowever . Howe\er Howe er However \ , in Grand county a large largeproportIOn largeproportion largeproportion proportIOn of taxab'e taxabe taxable taxa ' e property is owned ownedby ownedby ownedby by public utilities and is assessed by bythe bythe bythe the state Practically all public utIlity utIlitycorporations utilitycorporations utilitycorporations corporations have paid their taxes taxesThus taxesThus taxesThus Thus , in Grand county it is found that thatthe thatthe thatthe the percentage of taxes not paid rep- rep represented represented rep represented - - resented only 11 1161 61 per cent of the thetotal thetotal thetotal total assessed valuation of the _ . county county.But countyBut . But 70 704 4 per cent of the valuation valuation of ofthe ofthe ofthe the county was assessed by the state stateta stateta statetaK ta c commission It includes some ome coal coaland coaland coaland and other mining properties , but the themajor themajor themajor major part of this is the long line of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Denver & Rio Grande Western Westernrailway Westernrailway Westernrailway railway in m this county If II it be as- as assumed assumed as assumed - sumed , then , that all the 704 70 4 per cent centof centof centof of property paid its taxes , it would wouldfollow wouldfollow wouldfollow follow that the delinquency dellnquency of 11 1161 1161per 1161per 61 61per per cent Vr was as on 29 296 6 per cent of the theproperty theproperty theproperty property in the county In other otherords otherwards otherwords \\ords ords wards \ , the delinquency would be 392 392per 392per 392per per cent of all property not nQt assessed by bythe bythe bythe the state tai hY ta commission In other othercounties othercounties othercounties counties the percentages will run runmuch runmuch runmuch much higher , as analyses of the flg- flg fig- fig flgures figures fig figures - ures show Thus , in spite of the large largeproportion largeproportion largeproportion proportion of public utilities utillties taxes in inthis inthis inthis this county , the percentage of unpaid unpaidtaxes unpaidtaxes unpaidtaxes taxes is considerably less than the theaverage theaverage theaverage average for the state |
