Show Commercial Industrial Owners Pay Majority of Utah Tax Bill Owners of or commercial and industrial property pay more than half of the total property tax bill In Utah This was disclosed disclosed dis dis- dis closed In a study just r released leased by Utah Foundation the private tax res research arch organization According to th the Foundation report taxes charged against comm commercial and industrial property property prop prop- erty amounted to or I of the total property tax burden In 1961 Utah's residential residential residential property owners paid 29 in property taxes last year or approximately of the total charged against all property categories Other major major major ma ma- jor categories include agricultural agricultural tural property or 67 of the total motor vehicles vehicles vehicles ve ve- passenger cars car sand and tru trucks ks or 68 and unclassified property or 07 The study emphasizes that the the- above percentages are all aU based on statewide averages There is a wide variation In the structure of the property tax base aase among the respective coun coun- ties of or the state For example residential y accounts for more than half haU of the total property tax In Davis County compared with 31 for Cor the state as a e. e r. r fn rh San Ran an Jm Juan County on the other hand only 14 of the property fax came from Crom owners of ot property property property prop prop- erty with commercial and Industrial in industrial industrial In- In property taxes making up or 0 the hI in that county Similarly property tax taxes s charged agal t ara-t f t property varies from 16 In San Juan Coi Co v r fid d 18 in Salt SaU Lake County to In Rich County Total property taxes charged in Grand Co Cov v year amounted to 3 H Of this total or 63 93 was charged to and Ind in industrial In- In d dur trial property or 1726 to re residential Irl property or 38 o 0 agricultural agricultural agricultural tural property 39 or to motor vehicles and or 01 to oher other property categories The Utah Foundation t study shows that the total property taxes charged in Utah during 1961 amounted to This total an increase of or 8 84 84 4 over the amount of property taxes for forthe forthe forthe the preceding year Utah schools schoos s am are the principal principal principal pal recipients of th the property tax tIDe in Utah a to the Foundation renor 1961 property taxes allocated school purposes both hath state and local amounted to or 66 of the pron tax total Property taxes l by counties coun coun- ties were 15 7 of the total city n td town property property property prop prop- erty taxes takes spec spec 1 rt rI J tl t taxes amounted to S1 03 8 SG 5 j 34 and bounty it d 01 la la v V |