Low- and middle-income Utahns pay a significantly bigger share of their income for taxes than do the rich, a new study says.
The poorest 20 percent of Utah households — which earn less than $23,000 a year — pay 7.53 percent of their income for taxes. The top 1 percent pay 6.68 percent, says the study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Voices for Utah Children.
Meanwhile, the middle 60 percent of Utahns pay an average tax rate of 8.3 percent.
The study looked at similar statistics in all 50 states — and included a “tax inequality index.