by Tax Watchdog | Apr 25, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The Deseret Morning News recently published an article on the Redevelopment Agency debate with particular emphasis on Farmington City’s latest proposal. In the article Farmington officials stated that their RDA is addressing legitimate blight...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 18, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson In its recently completed General Session, the Utah Legislature ran out of time before taking action on a number of important bills. One of these is DORA, the Drug Offender Reform Act which I wrote about in an earlier column. Another deals with...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 4, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Contrary to popular belief, not all Utah sales tax exemptions go to businesses. In fact businesses receive 47% of total sales tax exemption amounts, according the Utah Taxpayers Association’s analysis of Tax Commission data. Elected officials, the...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 28, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson HJR 1, the resolution regarding financial institutions passed the recently concluded Utah Legislature. It is a resolution encouraging Congress to create fairness in the taxation of competing financial institutions and determine whether the tax...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 21, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The recently concluded Utah Legislature was hugely successful for taxpayers and political conservatives. However, there were a few important measures which did not pass because of infighting between the House and Senate or because legislators...
