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Show State Per Capita TaxSfiovvsAdvaoce The department of commerce at Vashington, announces a summary of he financial statistics of the state of Jtah for the fiscal year ending June 0, 1929. In the summary the per apita figures are based on an estimated esti-mated population of 496,100, and the .tatistics were compiled by Chas. T. risk, deputy state treasurer. The payments for operation and aintenance of the general depart-lents depart-lents of Utah amounted to $9,207,378, r $18.08 per capita. This includes ;3,761,360 apportionments for educa-,ion educa-,ion to the minor civil divisions of the -.tate. In 1928 the comparison per cap-ta cap-ta for operation and maintenance of general departments was $17.57, and n 1917, $8.41. The interest on debt n 1928 amounted to $445,900, and outlays for permanent improvements, 11,806,832. The total payments, there-'ore, there-'ore, for operation and maintenance jf general departments, interest, and outlays, were $11,520,110. The totals include all payments for the year, .vhether made from current revenues )r from the proceeds of bond issues. Of the governmental costs reported 'hove, $3,502,639 was for highways. ?1,775,061 being for maintenance and :1,727,578 for construction. The total revenue receipts were 12,231 CS6, or $24.06 per capita. This was $2,521,40S more than the total payments of the year, exclusive of the payments for permanent improvements, improve-ments, and $714,576 more than the 'otal payments including those for permanent improvements. This excess f revenue receipts is reflected in reduction re-duction of debt, and in purchase of investments and' increased cash balances, bal-ances, not shown in this summary, ""roperty and special taxs represented represent-ed 4 5.-1 per cent of the total revenue for 1929, 45.2 per cent for 1928, and "9.5 per cent for 1917. The increase n the amount cf property and spec-'al spec-'al taxes collected was 124.4 per cent "rora 1917 to 1929, but there was a '.ecrease of 0.8 per cent from 192S to 1929. Hie per capita property ar.'i (Continued on last p"go) State Per Capita Tax Shows Advance (Continued from page 1) i special taxes were $11.19 in 1929,: $11.39 in 1924, and ?5.76 in 19J7. j Earnings of general departments, ! or compensation for services rendered render-ed by state officials, represented 9.1 per cent of the total revenue for 1929, 8.5 per cent for 1828, and 7.5 per cent for 1917. Business and nonbusiness licenses constituted 22.7 per cent of the total revenue for 1929, 23.3 per cent for 1928, and 6.7 per cent for-1917. Receipts from business licenses consist con-sist chiefly of taxes exacted from insurance in-surance and other incorporated companies com-panies and of sales tax on gasoline, while those from nonbusiness licenses licen-ses comprise chiefly taxes on motor vehicles and amounts paid for hunting and fishing privileges. The sales tax on gasoline amounted to $1,474,045 in 1929, and $1,661,968 in 1928, a decrease de-crease of 11.3 per cent. The total funded or fixed debt outstanding out-standing June 30, 1929, was $9,695,-00O. $9,695,-00O. Of this amount $7,260,000 was for highways. The net indebtedness, funded or fixed debt less sinking funds assets, was $5,331,899, or $10.75 per capita. In 1928 the per capita net debt was $12.23, and in 1917, $6.32. The assessed valuation of property in Utah subject to ad valorem taxation, taxa-tion, was $700,705,295; the amount of state taxes levied was $5,222,295; and the per capita levy, $10.53. In 1928 the per capita levy was $10.63, and in 1917, $6.98. |