Show Property Taxes Increase Nearly 1 Million in Uintah Total property taxes charged cd ed in Uintah County rose from in 1960 to in 1968 a per cent increase increase in in- crease during the eight year period THIS WAS noted in the latest lat lat- est ost analysis of property tax trends in Utah prepared by Utah Foundation the private tax research organization According to the report school taxes amounted to in 1960 and 1 in 1968 a a per cent increase increase in in- crease while property taxes levied by the Uintah County government went up per percent percent percent cent from in 1960 to in 1968 The overall average mill levy imposed In Uintah County rose from 55 81 mills per 1000 assessed assess assess- ed cd valuation in 1960 to mills in 1968 FOUNDATION analysts note that there is a growing resistance resistance re reo against the property tax and further property tax hikes Over the past twenty years total property taxes Imposed im Im- posed In hi Utah multiplied more than fourfold Part of this Increase increase In in- crease stems from new properties properties pro pro- added to the tax rolls part has resulted from upward upward upward up up- ward revisions in property valuations valuations val val- under the equalization program and part of the rise comes from higher mill rates The study points out that much of the frustration and resentment of the generally high total tax burden in Utah and the United States is centered centered cen cen- against the property tax because this is the one tax that most individuals feel they can influence THE RAPID increase in property property pro pro- perty tax levies during the years following World War II roughly paralleled the growth In hi Utah public school expend expendi- expenditures tures the report observes A substantial part of the build buildup buildup buildup up in educational services and facilities for the rapidly mounting mount mount- ing tag number of children in this period was was financed from pr pro property perty taxation In recent years however resistance resistance re reo to further property tax increases has limited the use of the property tax In hi financing financing ing public school expenditure increases The study notes for example that between 1960 and 1968 public school current expenditures throughout Utah increased per cent compared compared com com- pared with a 51 per cent Use rise Usein in property taxes levied for school purposes Other taxes such as the Income tax and the sales tax were Increased to meet these rising school costs FOUNDATION analysts point out that when a comparison comparison com com- parison is Is made mad of property tax trends during the it would appear that county property taxes In hi Utah have been rising much more rapid rapid- ly ly than those imposed by other units of government Between 1960 and 1968 county property taxes in Utah doubled compared compared com eom pared with a 51 per cent increase increase in in- crease in school taxes a 39 per cent rise in municipal taxes taxes tax tax- es and a 57 per cent increase in property taxes for all governmental governmental gov gov- units during this same period Further analysis discloses however that more than three fourths of the total rise in county taxes between 1960 and 1968 is accounted for by Salt Lake County t Much of the the thein In Increase crease crease I fn 1 Salt Lake County property taxes during recent years has resulted from the expansion expansion ex ex- of municipal type municipal type services services ser serA vices by the county to residents residents outside incorporated areas These municipal type municipal type services services ser serA vices Include such items as garbage collection extended police and fire protection street lighting health etc LAST YEAR property taxes imposed throughout the State of Utah totaled 1368 million mil mil- lion Of this sum 87 5 million million mil mil- lion or 64 per cent was levied lev lev- led for school purposes County property taxes In hi Utah amounted to 25 million per cent of the total city and town taxes equaled million 13 5 per cent special district taxes totaled 56 million 4 41 1 per cent and bounty taxes were In 1968 |