Show 1951 Taxes Fees Paid By Utahn s I paid a total l of or more than 30 In federal state and local I taxes and fees during the fiscal year r ended June 30 30 1951 This represents a an n average tax burden of eve everyman every everyman man woman and child residing In the state Of or this amount the per caps capita federal taxes were the ner Can cani to Ita state taxes were 77 and and the per per capita capital local taxes were 61 j In fiscal 1940 Utah's share of ot federal j i state stats and local taxes and fees amounted to per cent of or the total Individual Income of or the state For fiscal 1951 this percentage had Increased to per percent cent with federal taxes taking percent per percent percent cent state taxes taking 62 per cent and local taxes taking 49 per cent of Utah's total Individual Income In 1940 federal I taxes were 75 per cent state taxes axes were i per dent cent and local taxes were 89 J i per cent of the total Individual Income j I of ot State taxes were about 81 per cent of or j I Utah's total Individual Income after atter deducting de- de I de-I j I I ducting federal taxes In fiscal 1940 and about 80 per cent In fiscal 1951 Local I I taxes amounted to 89 per cent of ot the states state's Individual Income after federal I I taxes in fiscal Ifal 1940 and 64 per cent In I f I fiscal 1951 One reason for this decline in the local tax percentage Is the tendency tendency tendency ten ten- I dency toward centralization of functions and of or tax collections in the state and federal governments Aid to local governments governments governments govern govern- ments cities counties and school districts districts dis dis- districts has Increased substantially since 1940 while some functions formerly supported supported supported sup sup- ported in whole or In part by local governments governments governments gov gov- such as welfare are now supported supported supported sup sup- ported In n their entirety or to a muCh larger extent by state and federal taxes Preliminary estimates Indicate that the total tax burden of In fiscal 1952 will be about 24 per cent higher than the tax burden In fiscal 1951 and about per cent higher than that of 1940 In fiscal 1952 Utah residents' residents per capita share of federal state and local taxes and fees will probably be about of which will be for federal taxes 83 for state taxes and 71 for local oral taxes In 1952 these taxes and fees will amount to about per cent of Utah's individual Income The above figures include Utah's share of ot the so-called so hidden taxes which may mayve may've oe oe paid by manufacturers I and distributors In other states but passed on to Utah residents in the price of ot the article For example federal ex excise excise excise ex- ex cise taxes on automobiles and accessories may be remitted at the point of ot manufacture manufacture manu manu- facture but the amount of the tax Is actually paid by the consumer in n the purchase price of the vehicle |