| Show Property T Tax x LO Load ld In Utah Is Average Foundation n States Utah Is ts an average state with respect to Its ts overall relative property tax burden This con elusion wag wu reached by Utah Foundation In Its latest study on the property tax burden In the 48 43 states According to the Foundations Foundation's report Utah ranked in tn th the tha nation in the amount of state I and local taxes collect collect- collected ed ro per capita during 1957 The property tax burden was waa equal I to per pcr r capita in tn Utah compared with per r person person per per- I son Ion throughout the United States and per person in the eight Mountain States The report observes that a large part of the property tax burden throughout the nation Is paid by business and In Utah per cent of the total property tax bill last year was paid paM by owners of commercial commer commer- cial dal and Industrial property Because Be Because cause of the large n mining valuations in the State commercial and industrial property comprises com corn a substantially greater proportion of the total property tax tu base In Utah than is tJ the Case tase for the nation as a whole As a result the relative tax burden on noncommercial property pro prod perty In Utah probably is somewhat some what below the national average When property taxes are related related rela ted to personal income Utah ranks among the 48 states according to the Foundations Foundation's study Property taxes in Utah were equal to per cent of the States State's personal income Throughout the 48 states property pro perty taxes were equal to I f per cent of the nations nation's total personal Income In the eight Mountain States approximately per cent of the personal In Income Income In In- come went for property taxes Found Foundation analysts point out that among the Western States the relative property tax burden bur den is highest In California and Montana On the other hand the property tax Is used least in fn New Mexico and Washington Washington however currently Imposes the highest state sales tax in the nation with a rate I I of 4 per cent |
