Show r Uintah Tax Report Business Pays Bulk of Tax Owners of commercial and andin in industrial d u s t l i a 1 property paid or per pel cent of the total property taxes charged in utah County during 1967 This compares with property taxes of 92 per cent of the total on residential property r or per cent on motor vehicles passenger cars and trucks and per cent on agricultural pro pro- property perty farm farm real estate farm buildings machinery and livestock These facts were brought out in an analysis prepared by utah Foundation the private tax reo re- research search organization of pro pro- property perty tax distribution in utah THE REPORT notes that for forthe forthe the state as a whole approximately per cent of the total property tax burden was borne by the owners of commercial and industrial property per cent by owners of residential property 71 per cent cent by owners of motor vehicles and 56 per cent by agricultural pro pro- property perty owners Total property taxes imposed by city and county govern ments in Uintah County last year amounted to ac- ac Be cording to the Foundation reo re I port This represented an in in- in increase I crease of or 29 per cent I from the 1966 property tax taxI I total and was or per cent above the 1960 level Throughout the state property taxes rose by 52 per cent last year and the increase between 1960 and 1967 amounted to 52 per cent FOUNDATION analysts point out that the three main factors accounting for the property tax rise during recent years are 1 mill levy increases 2 new properties added to the tax rolls and 3 valuation ad The average mill levy in Uintah County last year was mills per 1000 assessed valuation This compares with an average county wide rate of mills in 1960 For the state as asa asa a whole the average mill rate was mills in 1967 and mills in 1960 The total assessed valuation of Uintah County in in 1967 was This was per percent percent cent greater than the 1960 val val- valuation valuation total of Throughout the state th the total assessed valuation rose by 21 per cent between 1960 and 1967 SCHOOLS continue to receive the he largest share from the pro pro- property property perty tax receipts Last year state and local property taxes in Uintah County imposed for forthe forthe the support of the public schools amounted to This was equal to per cent of all property taxes levied In Inthe inthe the county Taxes for county purposes amounted to per cent of the total municipal taxes were equal to 29 per cent taxes im posed by special improvement districts totaled 12 per percent percent cent cent and bounty taxes amounted to 06 per percent percent cent in 1967 For the state as a whole school taxes both state and local accounted for per percent percent cent of the total property tax load in 1967 Taxes imposed by county governments were equal to per cent of the total city and town taxes amounted to per cent taxes levied by special improvement districts totaled 34 per cent and bounty taxes accounted for only slight ly more than 01 per cent of the uta Utah property tax load last year |