by Tax Watchdog | Mar 18, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Last week in this column I described how the Utah Legislature in its recent session successfully resolved a $256 million revenue shortfall. Taxpayer-friendly legislators were successful in quashing any serious consideration of general tax...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 11, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The Utah Legislature ended its 2002 General Session last Wednesday at midnight, successfully dealing with budget shortfalls without a general tax increase. The $256 million deficit was addressed with spending cuts and a cigarette tax hike of 18...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 4, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Each time I have to wait for my personal computer to re-boot, or whenever I have to re-write a document that was lost due to a computer crash, I think of Bill Gates and wonder how rich he would be if he had to pay $10 an hour for all of the lost...
by Tax Watchdog | Feb 25, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Whew! What a ride! In many ways, I suppose we all feel a little like we’ve personally done the giant slalom. But wasn’t it worth it? From multiple foreign and local sources we’re hearing that these were, without a doubt, the best-hosted Winter...
by Tax Watchdog | Feb 18, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The Utah Legislature is considering significantly higher taxes on tobacco products sold on non-federal and non-Indian property in the Beehive state. The 30 cent per pack tax increase called for in HB 238 (Saunders) would be distributed to the...
