Show II Your Four Tax fax Share Share Each SPECIAL TO CLIPPER CUPPER How big are the taxes that r residents of Davis County are called upon to pay to their state and local governments HOW DO they compare with I the taxes paid by people in other communities across the country In line with the rising cost of living generally the taxes in w the local area have been climbing steadily SUCH HAS been the case caseIn casein casein in every other part of oC the country According to a re re- issued report Amer Amer- paid an average of to their state and local governments in fiscal year ear a 1969 jump of 42 per person person person per per- son over the previous year and 62 more than in 1967 In Davis County the state- state local tax load in the year amounted to approximately per capita BY WAY of comparison the average throughout the State of Utah was which represented a 26 increase over the prior year In the Mountain States as a whole local taxes averaged per capita The figures are based upon a study made by the Commerce Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce Clearing House an authority in tax matters utilizing utilizing utilizing uti uti- uti- uti data compiled by the Department of Commerce THE TIlE FINDING is that it takes more money than ever before to operate the various state county and municipal governments and provide the public with necessary services services services ices in the fields of education sanitation health welfare roads libraries police protection protection protection pro pro- and the rest resi resi Because of special local conditions conditions conditions con con- such as unusually large welfare costs the tax burden is much heavier in some states than in others It ranges from a low of in Arkansas to a high of oC in New York THE COSTS of oC equipment supplies and labor have been rising rapidly in tune with the general inflation and have led local governments to seek additional sources of tax revenues to meet their bigger bigger bigger big big- ger needs As a result local and state taxes have been zooming up up- ward During the Ule past five years according to Census Bureau statistics the rise rue has been 52 percent AND D IN the last ten years the tax load has gone from 33 billion to 84 billion an increase of percent In Davis County the state- state local taxes reached an estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated total of in inthe inthe inthe the fiscal year |