Show Business Paid 32 t Of County's Property Tax Owners of commercial and Industrial property paid 2 or of the total property taxes charged in Davis County during 1967 THIS COMPARES with property property property prop prop- erty taxes of of ot the total on residential property prop prop- erty or on motor motor motor mo mo- tor vehicles passenger cars and trucks and 41 on agri agricultural pro property pert farm real estate farm buildings machinery machinery machinery ma ma- chinery and livestock These facts were brought out In an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation the private tax re research research research re- re search organization of property proper proper- ty tax distribution in Utah THE REPORT notes that for forthe forthe forthe the state as a whole approximately approximately approximately of the total property property property prop prop- erty tax burden was borne by the owners of commercial and In Industrial industrial industrial in- in property by owners of residential property 71 by owners of motor vehicles vehicles vehicles cles and 56 by agricultural property owners Total property taxes imposed in Davis County last year amounted to ac according according according ac- ac cording to the Foundation re re- re port This represented an Increase in increase increase In- In crease of or from the 1966 property tax total and was or above the 1960 level THROUGHOUT the state property taxes rose by 52 last year and the increase be between between between be- be tween 1960 and 1967 amounted to 52 Foundation analysts point out that the three main factors ac accounting accounting accounting ac- ac counting for the property tax rose during recent years are 1 mill levy Increases 2 new properties added to the tax rolls and 3 valuation adjust adjust- ments The average mill levy in Davis County last year was mills per 1000 assessed valuation This compares compares compares com com- pares with an average countywide countywide countywide county- county wide rate of mills In 1960 For the state as a whole the av average average av- av mill rate was mills in 1967 and mills in 1960 THE TOTAL assessed valuation valuation valuation of Davis County in 1967 was T This his was greater than the 1960 valuation total of Throughout the state the total assessed valuation rose by 21 between 1960 and 1967 Schools continue to receive the largest share from the property property property prop prop- erty tax receipts Last year state and local property taxes in Davis County imposed for forthe forthe forthe the support of the public schools amounted to This was equal to of all property property property prop prop- erty taxes levied in the county TAXES FOR county purposes amounted to of the total municipal taxes were equal to taxes imposed by special special special cial improvement districts to totaled totaled totaled to- to 87 and boun bounty ty taxes amounted to I boun-I in 1967 For the state as a whole school taxes both state and lo local 10 cal accounted for of the 10 1 total property tax load in 1967 Taxes imposed by county governments governments governments gov gov- were equal to of the total city and town taxes amounted to taxes levied by special improvement districts districts districts dis dis- totaled 34 and bounty taxes accounted for only slightly more than 01 of the Utah property property property prop prop- erty tax load last year |