Show Made survey Tax study of Duchesne made by Utah commission A study of recent property sales in Duchesne County by the Utah Stale Tax Commission was brought to a conclusion this week with the release of the report THE AVERAGE property owner in Duchesne County according to the pays his taxes on of an valuation that represents of his property's actual market About separate transactions were checked and verified by Tax Commission 99 transfers stood the test of being sales at fair market IN EACH instance both sales information and assessed value were- thoroughly The buyer and seller of each property checked were and all matters pertaining to the transaction assessment-sales ration study that has just been completed in Duchesne County re- presents a segment of a statewide program that has been undertaken by the Tax Commission's new Research and Analysis said Herbert IS DELEGATE Selected as one of Utah delegates to the White-house Conference on Aging Is Porter L. Duchesne County F. member of the Utah State Tax vho heads the Property Tax UTAH HAS been a leader in applying of uniformity in determining valuations for tax Only a few states in the country have set up state-wide reappraisal programs wherein state employed engineers using a standard manual and following standard procedures actually make full and complete appraisals of each and every parcel of taxable said Commissioner Smart DESIGNED to supplement the reappraisal assessment-sales ration program will measure factors that are not in the properties These factors which stem area economic and population growth or decline influence-market In many by pronounced Similarly constructed and therefore similarly assessed properties which are located in different areas of state can have vastly different values on the The only-way this difference can be measured is to make a survey of actual sales that have taken place in an area and-relate the selling prices of the properties to their assessed THE ASSESSMENT level In Duchesne County ranges from in Roosevelt to in By areas other ratios uncovered by the study are as follows and Neola |