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Show Sales tax surpasses property taxes in producing revenue For the first time, the tales tax urpassed the property tax last year as the leading producer of state and local Ux revenue in Utah. This was reported by Utah Foundation, the Ux research organization in their latest analysis of state revenues and expenditures in Utah. According to the Foundation study, state and local sales tax collections in Utah (including $5.4 million in sales tax collections transferred to the income tax to pay for a $6 per person tax credit) amounted to $174.5 million in the 1973-7- 4 fiscal year. Total property taxes charged in Utah during 1973 and collected in the 1973-7- 4 fiscal period, on the other hand, were equal to $170.6 million. Utah's individual income tax, the third leading tax producer, accounted for $90.0 million in fiscal 1974. State revenue collections exceeded state expenditures in Utah for the fifth consecutive year. The Foundation notes that state revenues totaled $654 million compared with state expenditures of $639 million in the fiscal year ending June 30, d 1974. Foundation analysts emphasized, however, that the $15 million revenue excess does not represent an addition to free surplus, since substantial amounts were appropriated and committed to projects for which expenditures were not actually made in fiscal 1974. Balances in the restricted accounts at the close of the 1974 fiscal year, for example, were (30-million greater than they were at the end of fiscal 1973. These restricted balances previously had been committed for various purposes and therfore are not available for general appropriation. Total state revenues in Utah rose by last year. This only $20 million or 3.2 unusually small revenue increase in fiscal 1974 is accounted for by the fact that (1) e several "windfalls" were 5 one-tim- recorded in the fiscal 1973 revenue totals, (2) very little gain was reported in the state individual income tax collections during 1974 because of the 1973 Ux law to changes, (3) total Federal grants-in-aiUUh were reduced slightly last year, and (4) the state property Ux levy was reduced. Education continues as the number one item of expenditure. The Foundation analysis shows that state expenditure! for education amounted to $289.3 million. of all sUte spending, in the 1974 or 45.3 fiscal year. Included in this total is $101 million for higher education, $166.8 million for state aid to local school districts, and $21.6 million for all other education purposes. These expenditures do not include amounU spent by local school districts from funds raised through local sources. When all funds are included, sUte and local expenditures for education in Utah exceeded $400 million last year. Total sUte highway expenditures (including sUte aid for local roads) of amounted to $113.1 million, or 17.7 all state spending in the 1974 fiscal year. A cutback in Federal aid for highways along witha leveling off in motor fuel Ux collections resulted in a gain of only $1.8 million, or 1.6, in highway spending last year. Public welfare expenditures in UUh amounted to $76.6 million (12.0 of total spending) in the 1974 fiscal year. This sum was down from the fiscal 1973 total of $80.5 million. In January, 1974, the Federal Government assumed responsibility for the major adult assisUnce assisUnce, aid programs, such as old-ag-e to the blind, and aid to the disabled. Other major areas of state spending in UUh outlined in the Utah Foundation report include employment security and benefiU-$34.- 5 million (5.4), health and million hospitals $25.4 (4.0), and natural resources-$21.- 9 million (3.4 lh ). 7r Proficiency exam to be nurses given third COMMUNITY CALENDAR IlEGULAKLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS the City Building every 1um1j it 8 p.m . A Club, third ThuisdJy. at 1 30 p m Kiwanis. Newcomm it 7.30 o! ewy month Duchesne County Sportsman's Club meets the fust Ihuistuy Commercial Club Roosevelt month Second and fourth Thursday ol ever Lions 7 30 the Piontiei Grill. pm. - plJJ"- ' tet (closed Anonymous : meetint Saturday 8 p.m. Roosevelt m. N 1 E. each Thursday 8 P 133 UBARC A.A. open meetmi 3rd it Frontier Grill 6. 30 p.m. Union Booster Club meets 1st Ucohota the ot each month the veai around. Professional Women's Club meets tne second Monday I Roosevelt Business the oHices )bo p m annual proficiency examinaThe tion for waivered licensed practical nurses in Utah wQl be given January 7, 1975 at the Prudential Plaza in Salt Lake City. Registration will be at 9:00 a.m. Advance application is necessary to take this exam. Candidates will receive application forms from the Bureau of Medical Care Services, StateDivision of Health. Questions relating to this exam The can be answered by calling deadline for applying for this exam has been extended to December 1, 1974. The purpose of this exam is to qualify LPIvTs who have received their license by Thursday November 21 Roosevelt 4th Ward building fund banquet Roosevelt Stake Center 6 p.m. 22 November Friday Myton Ward musical program 8 p.m. 23 November Saturday Anna Mae Wedding shower honoring Perkins & Franklin Deloy Tanner 4 Myton Ward Cultural Hall. 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