| Show Tax load toast in Uintah County per capita capata reports show Special to the I Express Are residents of Uintah County paying a high or a low price for the operation of their local government Per capita how much is it K costing them in state and local taxes compared with the cost costin costin costin in other communities In Uintah County as in almost evel every other area of the country taxes have b been en rising sharply in recent years in line with the mounting cost of government To provide the services that people want such as better educational facilities more police protection and improved health care and to meet their welfare transportation and other needs has put most communities in a bind Tilt TilE NET result according to statewide figures compiled by the Commerce Clearing ClearingHouse ClearingHouse ClearingHouse House an authority on en government finances Americans i paid an average of 66 1 in state and local taxes in fiscal 1975 an increase of 46 over the previous year As recently as 1970 the average was 27 Thus in five years there was a jump of 55 percent In IQ Uintah County based upon the report and upon data from other sources such taxes amounted to approximately per capita in the past year By Dy way ot of comparison the average throughout the State of Utah was per capita which was 34 more than in the prior year In the Mountain States as asa asa asa a whole it was IN SOME Sol states faced with special local conditions such as unusually heavy welfare costs the tax load was much heavier than in others The range was from a high of 1025 in New York which was the only state above 1000 to a low of in Arkansas On an overall basis state and local taxes in the past year reached a record total of 1415 billion This was twice as much muchas as was collected collect d in 1968 In Uintah County the tax burden fame came to approximately In many Dany areas of the country there has been growing resistance recently to higher taxes It has forced a reduction in spending for capital improvements im and in some cases a cutback in existing services |
