Show Utah Ranks In Tax Burden Utah had the eleventh highest highest high high- est eat state and local ocal tax burden in the nation during 1962 according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to a report just prepared prepared pre pre- pared by Utah Foundation the private tax research group This latest compilation and analysis of state and local taxes by the Utah Foundation staff shows that paid a total of 2182 million instate in instate instate state and local taxes during the 1962 fiscal year This sum was equal to 1185 per cent of the total personal income received received re re received by all residents of the state during the proceeding calendar year The relative state and local tax burden was equal to 1070 per cent of personal income in the nation nation na na- na- na tion and 1163 per cent in the eight Mountain States Foundation analysts observe however that although the relative state and local tax burden in Utah as measured by personal income was 11 per cent above the US U.S. average average average aver aver- age last year it was 20 percent per percent percent cent above the national average average average aver aver- age ten years earlier In 1952 state and local utes in Utah were equal to 1004 per cent of personal income payments compared with per cent for the entire nation Thus while state and local taxes II A have risen more rapidly than personal income in Utah over the past decade and relative state and local tax increases in other states have been even greater The Foundation study shows that the relative state and local local local lo lo- lo- lo cal tax burden in the Western Western Western West West- ern States was somewhat higher than in other parts of the nation Following are percentages percentages percentages per per- of personal income going for state and local taxes In the other Mountain States Arizona 1175 per cent Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado 1152 per cent Idaho 1182 per cent Montana 1272 per cent New Mexico 1085 per cent Nevada 1139 percent per percent percent cent and Wyoming 1114 per percent cent According to the report a major factor accounting for this higher state and local tax burden in the West Vest is the greater demand for certain types of public services such as education The report indicates that total state and local taxes in Utah last year were equal to for every man woman and child residing in the state This amount was also equal to approximately for every person in the probable tax producing age group |