Uintah Basin Standard | 1962-02-15 | Page 5 | Utah Owners of Commercial and Industrial Property Pay More than Half of State's Tax Bill; Breakdown in Duchesne County Listed by Foundation

Utah owners off commercial and industrial property pay more than half of state's tax breakdown in Duchesne County listed by Foundation Owners of commercial and individual property pay more than half of the total property tax bill in This was disclosed in a study just released by Utah the private tax research According to the Foundation report taxes charged commercial and industrial property amounted to rr percent of the total property tax burden in 1961 Utah residential property owners paid in property taxi la-st or approximately percent of the total charged all property Other major categories Include agricultural property or 6 7 percent of the boi motor vehicles can and or and unclassified property or The study emphasized that the above percentages are all based on statewide There is a wide variation in the structure of the property base among the respective counties of the state For residential property accounts for more than half of thi total property tax in Davis compared with 31 percent for the state as a whole In San Juan on the other only 14 percent of the property tax came from owners of residential with commercial and industrial property taxes making up percent of the total in that property taxes charged against property varies from percent in San Juan an percent in Salt Lake County to 59 9 percent in Rich Total property taxes in Duchesne County last year amounted to Of this or was charged to commercial and industrial to or to agricultural or 7 38 to motor and or 0 52 to other property categories The Utah Foundation study shows the total property taxes charged in Utah daring 1961 amounted to This total represents an increase of or over the amount of property taxes for the preceding Utah schools are the principal recipients of the property tax in according to the Foundation During property taxes allocated for school purposes state and local I amounted to or 66 of the property tax Property Imposed by counties were 0 of the city and town property taxes equaled special district taxes to and bounty taxes totaled last