by Tax Watchdog | Jul 5, 2004 | Uncategorized
by Howard Stephenson July Fourth is called Independence Day in part because it is the day the thirteen colonies officially declared independence from Great Britain. But we often forget it is the day we celebrate the independence of the individual; the public...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 28, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Governor Olene Walker has called the Legislature into special session to postpone implementation of the Streamlined Sales Tax (SST) law. She made this decision against the wishes of some advisors who felt the law should be allowed to go into...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 14, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Total per student spending in Utah public schools increased 0.4% in FY2003. Operations spending per student decreased 1.4% while capital and interest spending per student increased 9.2%. The Utah Taxpayers Association recently completed its annual...
by Tax Watchdog | May 31, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The original plan by eighteen Utah cities to get into the business of business by creating “utopian” fiber-optic networks with taxpayer backing has now dwindled to eleven participating cities. In a recent meeting of UTOPIA participants, it was...
by Tax Watchdog | May 24, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Are the wealthy paying their fair share of taxes? IRS statistics show that the top one-tenth of filers pay 67% of total federal income tax collections. At the same time, the highest-earning quarter accounted for a lion’s share (84%) while the top...
