Show Utah Foundation Outlines es Tax Rev Revenue ue Tally Nearly 55 per cent of the thc total property property tax paid in Utah last year was borne by owners owners own ers of commercial and industrial industrial indus indus- trial property This fact was disclosed in a study just released released re re- leased by Utah Foundation t the e private tax research or or- According to the report commercial and industrial property owners pair in property taxes an amount equal to per cent of the total property tax collected collected col col- col in the state last year Residential property owners p paid id or percent per percent cent rent of the total property taxes tax taxes tax tax- es charged against all aU property property prop prop- erty categories Other major categories include agricultural property o or 63 per cent of the total motor vehicles passenger cars and trucks or 69 per cent and property or 05 per cent Foundation analysts emphasize emphasize em em- that the above percentages percentages per per- are based on statewide statewide state state- wide av averages ages and that there is a 3 considerable variation In Inthe Inthe inthe the property tax base among the several counties of the state i i Last year in Sanpete County County Coun Coun- ty property taxes charged amounted to Of this total or 2687 per cent was charged to commercial and industrial property or 2987 per cent to residential residential resi resi- property 2709 11 or per cent to agricultural property or per percent percent percent cent to motor vehicles and 1932 or 24 per cent to other property categories The Utah Foundation study shows that total property taxes taxes tax tax- es charged in Utah last year amounted to This sum w was s or per cent more than the amount levied in the preceding year of 1962 Nearly two thirds of all the property taxes collected in Utah goes for the support of the public schools according to the report In 1963 property proper proper- ty taxes levied for school purposes purposes pur pur- poses amounted to or 66 per cent of the property tax total Property taxes imposed imposed im im- posed by counties were 17 per cent of the total city and town taxes equaled per 1 J dent cent special district taxes amounted to 36 per percent percent percent cent and bounty taxes totaled totaled total total- ed 01 per cent last year |