Utah residents pay far more money to the state government than the numbers that show up on paystubs, mortgage statements or store receipts. 31 percent more. That’s the proportion of “own source” money that comes into the state government from what the U.S. census calls “charges” and everyone else calls fees. When state and local revenues are lumped together, Utahns pay 29 percent of government budgets in the form of fees.
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