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Show Taxes Return $88 Million To Utah in '52 Edltor'a Not: Thli ti on of i mMm of charta and explanatory artldaa prepared pre-pared by the Utah Foundation, a non profit, private tax research agency established es-tablished to encourage the study of taxation and the relationship of fov-ernmental fov-ernmental coita to the economy of Utah. Foundation report will be aent without charge to any cltltena of Utah upon request to the Utah Foundation. Darling Bldg., Salt Lake City. Taxes collected by state and local governments in Utah during dur-ing the fiscal year ended June 30, 1951, totaled $88 million, or approximately $127.88 for every man, woman and child residing in the state. This total does not Include federal fed-eral taxes, nor does it include fees or charges paid for specific services serv-ices rendered by government. Property taxes charged during the 1950 tax year amounted to $38.1 million, or 43.3 of the total to-tal state and local tax collections in fiscal 1951. Of this amount, local lo-cal school district and state school equalization property taxes accounted for $22.9 million, city and town property taxes for $7.0 million, county property taxes for $6.0 million, and local road and bounty property taxes for $1.7 million. Taxes earmarked for the support sup-port of public schools in Utah during the 1951 fiscal year were $31.8 million, or 36 of total state and local taxes. Property taxes for schools (local taxes and state school equalization tax) amounted to $22.0 million, and state income and corporation franchise taxes (now earmarked exclusively for schools) amounted to $8.9 million. |