by Tax Watchdog | May 12, 2009 | Tax Alerts
In 2009 UTOPIA, Utah’s largest municipal telecom system, will begin to draw on sales taxes pledged by UTOPIA’s member cities, despite vehement and repeated statements by UTOPIA representatives that the sales tax pledges would never be called. Now taxpayers...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
“Utah Taxes Now” Annual Conference: Friday, May 8th, 2009 at Little America Hotel. The 31st annual Utah Taxes Now conference is new and improved this year with a format designed to involve the audience throughout the program. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Instead of...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
by Howard Stephenson Utah’s state and local tax burden fell from 9th highest to 13th highest in the U.S., according to the Utah Taxpayers Association’s annual analysis of state and local tax burdens. According to the Association’s study, Utah’s state and local tax and...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 20, 2009 | In the News
By Paul McHardy March 20, 2009 SALT LAKE CITY — The huge tax Congress wants to impose on AIG bonuses is causing concern among local government watchdogs. The 90 percent tax proposal passed by the House is raising eyebrows at the Utah Taxpayers Association. Vice...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 2, 2009 | In the News
Video Courtesy of KSL.com By Richard Piatt March 2, 2009 SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers are counting on federal stimulus money to bail out the state’s budget. Even so, legislators are whispering two forbidden words behind the scenes: tax increase. Nothing...
