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Show U P & L PAYS LARGE LOCAL TAX LEVY A single check enriched Beaver Bea-ver County tax coffers by $43,-164 $43,-164 this week. I The taxpayer was Utah Power Pow-er & Light Co., whose check to cilities in the various counties. Mr. Lowe said taxes continue to be one of the largest single items in the company's cost of doing business. Taxes take about 20 cents of each dollar of revenue. Federal taxes account ac-count for more than one-half of the company's total tax bill. the county was part of a Utah State property tax payment totaling to-taling some $4,042,000 and shared by 26 of the state's 29 I counties. 1 Out of the total payment, some $23 million will go to schools. The 1964 UP&L state property prop-erty tax payment represents an increase of more than 5 over the previous years, and according ac-cording to O. J. Lowe, UP&L tax agent ,is due in part to an increase in tax levy and in yTiirt to increased company fa- |