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Show Garfield County Tax Breakdown; Given By Utah Foundation! Owners of commercial and Industrial property paid outt $83,800 or 33.4 of the tot4 tax bill in Garfield County! last year according to a study;, completed by Utah Founda tion, the private tax research? organization. Throughout thef state, property taxes levied a-j gainst commercial and indus trial property amounted to?.V $52,831,121, or 54.7 per cemy of the total charged against all classes. of property. p Tho Foundation report also" shows that $65,305 or 26 p;c cent of all property taxes im-i , posed in the county was char- ged to residential property ;? , $74,568 or 29.7 percent to ag- ricultural property; $ 23,577 9.4 percent to motor vehicles,.,'!" and $3,613 or 1.4 percent to.-other property categories. r These percentages compar- ed with statewide averages of 31.5 percent for residentiali, property, 3.5 percent fqr ag-V.i ricultural , property,: '6.f per-V cent for motor vehicles,. andij 0.5 percent 'for other' proper-? ty, Total property-' taxes, impds- j cd in Garfield County last -year amounted" W $25063,--T according to the Foundation"' Study. Of .this sum. $168,458, or 67.2 percent, was. levied for school purposes;- $35,268, or 14.1 percent, for municipalities; $42,019, or 16.7 percent, for- county government;$3341 pr -1.3 percent, for special purpose districts, and $1777, or 0.7 percent, for animal control (bounty) purposes. |