by Tax Watchdog | Sep 4, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Below are listed the local bond issues which will appear on the November 2024 ballot of the constituencies they will affect. The average cost to the taxpayer listed is a calculation of the entity proposing the bond, not the Utah Taxpayers Association. ...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 4, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Maybe now is not the right time to point out that Utahns’ property tax burden is the seventh lowest in the nation. It certainly doesn’t feel that way when 66 entities are proposing tax hikes this year and residents’ property tax bills get higher every year as a result...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 4, 2024 | Newsletters, How Utah Compares
An expensive but popular tenet of the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act was the cut in corporate income tax from 35% to 21%. Unlike many of the provisions of the TCJA which are set to expire at the end of 2026, this cut was supposedly permanent. However, both presidential...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 4, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
While Utah voters will have numerous issues to vote on this November, perhaps none will change the future of Utah’s politics and spending than Constitutional Amendment A, which proposes to allow income tax revenues to fund any state needs after fulfilling the...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 4, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
There’s a story told around the office that an elected official once said that they’d rather run naked across a stage in front of their constituents than hold a truth-in-taxation hearing. If that doesn’t already clue you in and how good the system is, I don’t know...
