Uintah Basin Standard | 1963-12-12 | Page 7 | Utah is Eleventh High State in Local Tax Burden

Utah is eleventh high state in Local tax burden Utah had the highest state and local tax burden in the nation during according to a report just prepared by Utah the private tax research This latest compilation and analysis of state and local taxes by the Utah Foundation staff shows that paid a total of million In state and local taxes during the 1962 fiscal year This sum was equal to of the total personal income received by all residents of the state during the proceeding calendar The relative state and local tax burden was equal to of personal income in the and In the eight Mountain Foundation analysts that although he relative state and local tax burden in Utah measured by personal was 11 above the U. S. average last it was 20 above the national average ten years In 1952 8 Late and local taxes in Utah were equal to of personal income compared with 8 83 for the entire while state and local taxes have risen more rapidly than personal income in Utah over the past the relative state and local tax increases in other states have been even The Foundation study shows that the relative state and local burden in the Western States was somewhat higher than in other parts of the Fol lowing are percentages of personal income going for state and local taxes in the other Mountain New and According to the a major factor accounting for this higher state and local tax burden in the West is the greater demand for certain types of public such as The report indicates that total state and local taxes in Utah last year were equal to for every and child residing In the This amount was also equal to approximately for every person in the probable tax producing age group