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Show r. Report shows Federal t income Janes paid in 1979! Ii r Taxpayers in Vernal paid $10,423,000 in federal income taxes for the 1 '.179 tax year, according to an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation, ' the . private tax research organization. This sum averaged $1,974 for each return filed for the year. , According to the study, Vernal taxpayers filed 5,2110 federal returns for 1979 and report od gross income totaliim $84,451,000. Thus, gross income per return averaged $15,995 for that year and compares with a statewide average of $15,0:12 per return. Taxpayers in Uintah County pj,j( $11,528,000 for an average of $,7n) p,.r return totaling 0.4 If, returns filed amounting to $9fi,r, 19,000 for n gross income per return averaging $14,9. Taxpayers in Duchesne County paid $8,127,000 for nn average of $l ."o p,,r return totaling 4,315 returns filed amounting to $59,1 Ifl.ooo for a gross income per return averaging $1:1,700 Taxpayers In Daggett County pi, $.m,000 for an average of $1 2V1 p,.r return totaling 2; returns "filed amounting to $:i,:ii,ooo for a grass income per return averaging $12477 according to the Foundation report. ' Inflation and cost of living justments are pushing taxpayers into Higher income brackets. In V:g iuv proximately R3 percent of all returns fl by I'lahns reported grass incomes - $20,000 or less, with onlv 17 percent v 1!f i,.7,ms of n,oro ",hiw ,- y 19.3. the percent of returns with Konu-s of $20,000 or less had declined 1.5 percent and the percentage with n''vc $20,000 had risen to 28 5 Alotalof5l,2l2llalinsfil(x)fed.1-ili MH'ome tax returns for 1979 m,d these I Hers reported $7.71.0,1,1.9.0:17 In ad justed gross income. Thus the typical Ii'UImrT:,rU,(' v-n.ge income ,.f .1.0.1. 1 Ins average gross Income ranged H o,,, ,iK,, of jn "O-'l.v to n low of $io,W2 In Cai field "iity. Among the m communities pnnuned In the survey, (he average ' " varied from $.m..,,,:, , s,,. s''.yla.k.o$9,4:.9ntKortIueb,e .h'srS:!;:;" ;"" ,,. .., incli.de.i l , , '"' """''"''"isotbov I ' I s,owo,klnpa,-t,i,e "'"'s" only nomiimllv att-hrd I to the labor force ami file f lax return in order to obtain' for taxes withhold r Nearly Bt", percent of total '' ' gi oss income reported in V'" was derived from wages anJ ' 4.R percent game from divuV- k percent from interest pa.MW J lvrcent from peahens aiul T with the balanace iappro'm,:f ' percent! obtained from ' other sources. ,J Altogether, t'tahns Pui 1 f million in federal income " cording to this analysis ' returns. Approximately 1 s. or more than r0 pcivcnt of c was paid by families i1 '"" earning more than $.':. OiV ''' , . Only $17 4 million, or S poo',r I total, was paid by tap"rs ' ' with incomes of $10,000 or ! F Overall, federal taxes ,s k ivtvent of adjusted gt os i" fc ivivcnlagr vnued, hewr' fc percent nt the lowest im-i'f i: ' 6 pel cent tor lh.e tn' k than fioo.oiv per er |