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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday June 20, 1990 - $75,000, .09 percent income of $75,001 to $100,000, and .06 San Juan County residents paid $1,382,133 in state income taxes last year Residents of San Juan County a paid total of $1,382,133 in Utah state individual income taxes last year, according to a study released by Utah Foundation, a private tax research organization. This amount averaged , $625 per return filed. In return for these income tax payments, schools in San Juan County received $5,752,195 in state school aid. In other words, San Juan County received $4,370,062, or 316.2 percent more than it paid in state income taxes to support the school aid program. According to a Foundation report, the state individual income tax is one of the taxes earmarked for the state uniform school fund which is maintained to equalize educational for children opportunities state. In addthe throughout ition to the state individual income tax, the uniform school fund receives revenue from the corporate income tax, the liquor excise (school lunch) tax, excess property tax revenue from several wealthy school dis percent of income of more than Taxes reported on the 1988 tricts, earnings on school land tax returns reflect the changes made by the 1987 Utah Legislature and the subsequent adjustments made by the investments, miscellaneous taxes, and transfers from the state general fund. Because of these other revenues going into the uniform school fund, the state aid distributed to the various school districts exceeds the state individual income tax paid in most Utah counties. In a few counties (Emery, Salt Lake, and Summit counties), however, the state aid received is less than the state income tax paid. Foundation analysts point out that 2,210 state income tax returns were filed in San Juan County for the 1988 tax year. These returns reported total adjusted gross income of $46,856,000, or an average of $21,202 per return. Approximately 46.2 percent of the returns filed in San Juan County reported adjusted gross income of $15,000 or less, 18.9 percent income of $15,001 to $25,000, 14.5 percent income of $25,001 to $35,000, 14.3 percent income of $35,001 to $50,000, 4.6 percent of income $50,001 to session of the 1988 Legislature which met in July, 1988. The net effect of these changes was to increase the state income tax burden for high income taxpayers and many single individuals and to e reduce the tax burden for groups and families with a large number of children. special Louise starring Susan Saran- don and Geena Davis, is scheduled to be filmed in southeastern Utah late this summer. A large percent of the movie production will be based in Moab. However, there is other film activity in the area, including a recent commercial shot near Blanding. Other activity includes the filming of a Jon Bon Jovi music video in Professor Valley and a Shell Oil commercial to be shot in the near future in Grand and Emery counties. Most of the crew for the Shell commercial will be based in Green River. Also, Bette Stanton, Moab Film Commission director, reports that during the past month the commission has responded to 25 inquiries for specific productions, Specials Certified low-incom- In fact, many low-incom- . y F6ru-i.ier- et 'Your Hometown Dealer" e families were completely removed from the tax roles by these actions. Of all state returns filed in Utah last year, 89 percent reported a gross income of $50,000 or less, while 11 percent reported a gross income of more than $50,000. This 11 percent, however, paid $268 million, or 46 percent of all state income taxes collected for 1988. At the other extreme, 42 percent of the returns listed a gross income of $15,000 or less. Only 4 percent of all tax payments came from this group. 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