Show government has become biggest business in utah says report government has haa become the largest single business in utah according to a report released this week by utah foundation the private nonprofit non profit tax research organization the foundation report points out that the three levels of government federal state and local operating in utah employ more persons than does any other segment of the states slates economy moreover the total t lax ax burden in utah Is greater than the new wealth created by any one of the three principal economic agriculture mining or manu manufacturing ring IN TAXES paid pad in fed eral state and loc local it taxes during the 1954 fiscal year june according acco iding to utah foundation estimates these taxes are equivalent to an average tax burden of tor for every man woman and child in the state thus the average utah amily of four paid a total of 2036 2056 in direct and hidden taxes during the year while direct taxes make up only about one halt half of the total tax for individuals foundation analysis state that the hidden or taxes have become an increasingly crea singly important part of the in chase price of everything that an individual may buy for example becent surveys have disclosed that n ordinary loaf of bread man conta tan n 9 as many ai ag separate ln in direct taxes hidden in its purchase paire DECLINE EXPECTED 1 I tt year approximately 35 cents cent out of every dollar earned by utahn utahna was required to make tax pay bents ants tor for the support of 0 government according to the foundation aport most of this rise has occurred in the federal taxes an en cou cott raging note mentioned by the found foundation aaion was that a decline in the federal tax burden is expected during the recent 1955 fiscal year as a result of recent federal tax reductions the study relates that there has been a decided tendency to shift the ahe responsibility for foi financing certain government functions from lower to higher level of government during the past twenty five years federal taxes accounted for about 22 of the total tax burden in 1930 this percentage increased to 71 by 1954 nearly one out ot of every four nonagricultural agricultural non employees in utah now works for some unit ot of govern ment the report continues in september 1954 government employment in utah federal state and local including school was out ot of total nonagricultural agricultural non employment ot of GET PAY economy relies more on government overn ment income payments salaries benefits subsidies etc than Is the case generally throughout the nation last year of the otal income payments received by individuals in utah were derived from government this percentage Is 50 per cent greater than the na dional average and is exceeded bi by only two other states virginia and new mexico in comparing the tax burden with new wealth created in utah the foundation reports that the total tax burden during fiscal 1954 was million estimates for the 1953 calendar year indicate that the value alue v of all utah mineral production at the mine was 2593 mil million llon the value added by manufacturing equal million and cash receipts from farm totaled 1539 million |