by Rusty Cannon | Oct 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
While Utah drivers face an upcoming state gas tax hike on January 1, 2023 of 4.5 cents per gallon, a much louder battle on the same subject is unfolding in California. However, while common sense is the norm in Utah when discussing energy prices, the Governor of...
by Rusty Cannon | Oct 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
In late October, revenue collections for the State of Utah were released for the 1st quarter of fiscal year 2023. The state government operates on a fiscal year that runs from July 1st to June 30th, so the 1st quarter of fiscal year 2023 comprises the months of July,...
by Rusty Cannon | Oct 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
In 2021 in Kansas, the House and Senate passed Senate Bill 13 by overwhelming bipartisan majorities and the Democrat Governor, Laura Kelly, signed it into law. SB 13 was modeled after Utah’s 1985 “Truth in Taxation” law and will bring transparency to the area of...
by Rusty Cannon | Sep 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
As August winds down, taxpayers are seeing the end of the many Truth in Taxation hearings taking place across the state. As we wrote in our newsletter last month, there are approximately 90 taxing entities raising taxes this year, compared to the typical average of...
by Rusty Cannon | Sep 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last year Arizona left Utah in the dust by passing a tax cut over nine times bigger than ours (worth $1.9 billion versus $210 million in the last year alone). Now, Utah’s neighbor to the north, Idaho, has also shown what it is like to lead the pack. The Utah Taxpayers...
