by Malah Armstrong | Jun 3, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
“We’re just holding the rate steady.”“We’re keeping the same tax rate as last year.”“We’re keeping the tax rate year over year flat.”Sounds like it’s Truth in Taxation time! Over the next few months, dozens of taxing entities will mail out their Truth in...
by Malah Armstrong | Apr 29, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
My dad and brother flew out from Scotland in January to “come visit” for a week. I hardly saw them. They spent every day at Brighton ski resort from dawn til dusk. They didn’t want to risk their snowboards getting damaged on the flight, so they rented at the resort;...
by Malah Armstrong | Apr 29, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
The Legislative Auditor’s report on property taxes, presented on April 17th, confirmed what many have long suspected: property taxes are not made equal. They concluded that commercial properties are undervalued, and that many Utah taxpayers are confused by the...
by Malah Armstrong | Mar 29, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
I know it doesn’t feel this way, but for the last six years, you’ve had a pretty good deal on your federal taxes. Thanks to the TCJA passed in 2017, the standard deduction was almost doubled, the child tax credit was doubled, tax brackets were widened and marginal tax...
by Malah Armstrong | Mar 7, 2024 | The Utah Taxpayer
When Alpine School District proposed a $595 million bond in November 2022, voters resoundingly told them, “no”. The school district ignored them and issued $82 million in lease revenue bonds in a transparent effort to do (part of) what they planned anyway. When the...
