Show Utah high among states in taxed income Utah ranked eleventh among the 50 states in percentage of its personal income going for state and local This was the conclusion by the Utah Foundation following an analysis of data compiled by the U. S. Bureau of Governments The Foundation report shows that total state and local taxes unemployment taxes and liquor amounted to million in fiscal This stun was equal to of all personal income received by individuals in the By state and local taxes throughout the nation equaled of personal income in analysts note that Utah's relative state and local tax burden in 1960 was above the U. S. In 1952 tax burden in Utah was approximately 20 above the U. S. During 1952 state and local taxes were equal to of state person al income payments in compared with for the entire A factor which tends to lessen the impact of the tax burden in Utah according to is the broad base of the Utah tax Utah is one of the few states to incorporate all of the major types of taxes in its This broad tax coverage requires everyone to participate in financing government services without imposing an unduly restrictive burden on any one group or tax According to the Foundation the relative state and lo cal tax burden in the Western States is above that for the nation as a State and local taxes as a percent of personal income averaged In the eight Mountain States and in the eleven Western As the percentage for the nation as a whole was The relative tax in every one of the Western States was above the U. S. The Foundation attributes relatively higher tax burden in the States to the greater demand for certain types of governmental services such as Generally the Western particularly a higher proportion of their population attending both public and as well as remaining In school a longer Every one of the eleven Western States devotes a greater proportion of its personal income to public education docs the nation as a These greater expenditures for education in turn are reflected in higher educational attainment of Westerners The average adult in the West has completed approximately two years of schooling beyond his counterpart in other parts of the |