Show Most States Have Higher Sales Tax Than Utah who might be inclined to complain about the new sales tax imposed in several of the counties this year may find some solace in the latest study by Utah the private tax research A late tabulation of state tax legislation by the Foundation reveals three states and raised their state sales tax rates to 4 during None of these three Imposes a state income In addition to the three states with a 4 state sales the Foundation points out that most sales in California are subject to a 4 California has a 3 state sales tax with most communities also imposing a 1 local The Utah Foundation study shows that the newest stands alone in the next state sales tax bracket with a state Both Illinois and have widespread local sales taxes when added to the 3 states rates now brings their effective rates to Utah's 1959 Legislature enacted legislation this year which allows local communities to impose a local sales tax of lA on a county-wide option Thus the tax has been imposed in the following eight counties Salt San Juan and One additional has indicated that the necessary local ordinances have been and the local tax probably will become effective on January The total sales tax In those Utah counties which have imposed the local tax is state tax plus local In the other counties of the the sales tax will remain at |