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Show Re-evaluation To Take Effect In 1974: Property Tones $645,111 In Beaver County During 1973 amounted to $170,614,107. The various identifiable classes of commercial and Although the property tax commonly is regarded as a tax charged to homeowners, more than half of all property pro-perty taxes imposed in Utah last year was paid by owners of commercial and industrial property. This was pointed out by Utah Foundation, tlie private tax research organization, in their latest analysis of the property tax. The Foundation report, which was based on data gathered by tlie Utah State Tax Commission, shows that total state and local property taxes levied throughout Utah during 1973 industrial property accounted account-ed for $83,792,115, or 49.1 of tliis total. On tlie other hand, residential property taxes equaled $62,034,698or 36.4 of the total, and agricultural agri-cultural property taxes were $8,284,357, or 4.9 of tlie total. In addition to these major ma-jor categories, property taxes on motor vehicles amounted to $13,942,769 (8.2 of the total), and miscellaneous mis-cellaneous property taxes on equaled $2,587,168 (1.5 of tlie total). Motor vehicles Include commercial trucks and business vehicles as well (Continued on Page 2) sed valuations. This is peclally true In those ,!!' ties which have been re ued under the flve-year appraisal program. County was reappraise6' year and will be asseS5! and collected this year JAMES B. RIMPAU GETS BACHELORS DEGREE FROM CSU James B. 'Rimpau of Mr. and Mrs. Theodorl Rlmpau, Milford, wasamon. 560 students receiving d6 grees at the end of the ter quarter March 15 Colorado State University He may return for the for! mal commencement cere' mony in June. HUMANE SOCIETY ASKS NO NO ON EASTER pETC The Humane Society ol Utah urges all adults to re. frain from buying baby chick ens, rabbits, or ducks as Easter presents for child, ren because of the high death rate among such pets. j Approximately 90 of all baby animals purchased as Easter presents die within a few weeks, as a result of accidental cruelty by children or lack of proper I conditions and feeding. 1 Thomas A. Little, Execu-tive Execu-tive Director of The Humane i Society of Utah points out ; that few children intend to i be cruel to the pets, but the animals are so young that their bones are easily broken and they are east-ly east-ly smothered. HERE'S MORE ABOUT Tar.es as passenger cars and farm trucks. A significant part of the miscellaneous category cate-gory also consists of taxes on business items. There is considerable variation among Utah's 29 counties in the proportion of property taxes coming from the various property sources, according to the Foundation. In Beaver County last year, total property pro-perty taxes levied amounted to $646,111. Commercial and Industrial property accounted ac-counted for $290,454 or 44.9 of this total, residential resi-dential property was equal to $126,504 (19.6), agricultural agri-cultural property $151,659 (23.5), motor vehicles $52,106 (8.1), and all other property $25,388 (3.9). Total property taxes imposed im-posed in Utah last year rose by 1,433,223, or 0.8. According Ac-cording to the Foundation report, re-port, all of this gain can be accounted for by new property pro-perty added to the tax rolls and by increases in existing exist-ing valuations. Actually, the average tax rate in Utah declined from 82.04 mills in 1972 to 79.48 mills in 1973, a reduction of 2.56 mills. The 1973 average statewide rate for Utah is the lowest since 1964. Foundation analyst point out that the recent reductions reduc-tions in overall mill rates do not necessarily guarantee guaran-tee corresponding reductions reduc-tions in total property taxes paid by individuals and business busi-ness concerns. In some instances, in-stances, the reductions in tax rates are more than offset off-set by increases in asses- |
