by Rusty Cannon | Mar 29, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Do people consider taxes when they decide where to live? While the Utah Taxpayers Association might be a little biased, we believe the data proves that, on a macro level, it definitely is a major factor. A careful study of migration patterns throughout history...
by Rusty Cannon | Mar 4, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
During the February 23rd Executive Appropriations Committee (EAC) meeting, updated revenue estimates for the upcoming fiscal year of 2025 were released. This is a critical number for setting the upcoming agenda for tax policy. While the Legislature sets the spending...
by Rusty Cannon | Jan 31, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
For decades, taxpaying Americans have been fleeing high tax states and flocking to low tax states. With recent data available for 2023, that trend continues in full force and there are both short and long term consequences for states that understand the benefits of...
by Rusty Cannon | Jan 3, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
While many Utah and across the globe open bright and shiny new items on Christmas morning, the Utah Taxpayers Association believes that the gifts in the 2025 fiscal year budget being unwrapped during the upcoming Legislative session should be the gift that nobody...
by Rusty Cannon | Nov 30, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
It seems like any events from pre-pandemic times are a distant memory. So many things have changed since then and the years of 2020 and parts of 2021 seem like such a blur. The disruptions to lives all over the world sent ripples through all parts of the economy,...