Show Utah Tax Collection High Utah ninth among the tho fifty states in tho th proportion of its personal income going for state nn an local taxes according to n a research report just com coin p eted by the tho private tux tax and local tux collections in during the tin 1961 year totaled million which amount was vas equal to approximately of tho personal persons income of the state tl t during the tho lm preceding ceding year ear This l percentage e compares with for fOl tin the nation as ti n whole wl for the tho eight tu t cs According to the tho report total state leers tux In coli collections cd ions in 1961 were equal to for fOl overy aver man mid child residing g in the fit state ate Utah ranked the fifty states hy by this J Foundation analysts observe how however over that because of Utah's hi sigh h of population inthe in the tho generally nonproductive I 8 under 20 1 anti over 1 per 11 capita taxes do not afford an of the t tax burden of tho Ilse state In tho meaningful of state local tax per pel person ill in the tho thoI I tux tux producing 2064 age ng-c group roup Utah ranked II thirteenth in th nation Utah's I relative ro tax burden us as n a percent of per income income increased slightly from Jo in fiscal 1911 to nil estimated 2170 in fiscal 1962 This rise was attributed hy by Utah I analysis to tax changes enacted hyS tho 1961 1901 Utah Legislature Pled rho Foundation stud stud points out that with the tho exception of gambling taxes Utah imposes every cry major kind of tax lode levied l in in any of the tho United States Because of this broad tax coverage co Utah's overall 0 tax system is vets similar similar- to the tho profile of the tho cons com tax structure of the tho n States and the tho United States Although h Utah's 8 tax is iA fairly t typical of the tho rt region ion and the tho nation as n whole the tho report notes Hutt the tho StatoR States pattern is different Utah for devotes do It a proportion of at its state alli spending to tion than most most- other othor states In fact Utah ranks first among the tho states in its effort to support education tion with 47 of its overall Mate timid local hu budget got going for education compared with a oo for the tho eight Mountain States and 34 for the tho fifty United States analysts observe 0 that the tho principal factor in Utah's largo expenditure for fol education is the heavy student load lonel highest nation for both public schools and colleges as a 1 proportion of population D Despite the tho high tax effort for education however s per St in Utah are below the tho national average U |