Show Commercial Property Hit Heavily by Taxes in County Own Owners rs of commercial and industrial property paid 1 or of the total tax bill in Uintah County last year according to a study just completed by Utah tIon the private tax rese research organization Throughout the state property taxes levied against commercial and indus trial property amounted to or of the total charged against all class es of property The Foundation report also shows that or 81 of all property taxes imposed in Uintah County in 1962 was charged to residential proper proper- property ty or to agri- agri agricultural agricultural cultural property or 58 to motor vehicles and or 06 to other pro pro- property perty categories THESE percentages compared com com- compared pared with statewide averages of for residential pro pro- property property perty 65 for agricultural property 67 for motor ve- ve vehicles vehicles and 05 for other property pro pro- property perty Total property taxes imposed imposed ed in Uintah County last year amounted to accor accor- according ding to the Foundation study Of this sum or was levied for school purposes 34 for cities and towns or for county government 2769 or 17 for special purpose districts and or 07 for animal control bounty purposes According to the Foundation tion study a much larger pro pro- proportion portion of the property tax burden In Utah is placed on business and industry than is the case in most other states A recently released US Bu reau of Census survey disclosed ed that among 22 states for which complete property assessment as- as assessment information was reo re- received utah had the highest prop proportion of its total assess ed cd valuation in the commer cial and industrial category |