Show I 3 p-O p v Utah Motor F Fuel IIi a TO Taxes es Add Add t ro AJI collections o of motor l fuel taxes by the state of Utah reached by the end nd of 1963 1863 according to W L L. L Fields chairman of the tho Utah Petroleum Council BASING his comments on figures from the U. U S S. S Bureau of Public Roads Fields pointed point point- ed out that Utah imposed Its Its' t gasoline tax on Mar 8 at the rate of 2 24 cents a gal 2 Ion During the first full fuU year of collections the tax brought n fa 7 into the stat state treasury treas n ury Comparison with today's figures he said reveals the heavy burden motorists motorists' are are b carrying At the current rate of six cents a gallon estimated ed cd motor fuel tax tae collections by this state for 1963 were l 1 TillS MEANS that in only 11 days days' time we now pay as i. i much motor fuel taxes to the state as were once paId in an entire year Mr FIelds said Motorists here as in every state also pay a federal gaso Hog Un tax of 4 cents a gallon het he added Combined federal and I state taxes on motor fuel fuel cost vehicle cost vehicle owners across the the u United States 84 64 billion in 1963 1863 an time all high L t i FROM 1919 when Oregon levied the first state gasoline I U tax through 1963 1863 aU aUthe the collected an est estimated total of of billion Federal motor fu furl l taxes since 1932 brought in another I 2511 billion bUllon Mr fields noted The combined tithe all bill for state and fed eral motor fuel taxes is 1 ion 1 |