by Tax Watchdog | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog, The Utah Taxpayer, Special Reports
Ever wonder how much your city really costs you? The Utah Taxpayers Association’s 2025 Cost of City Government Report breaks it down using the latest data from Utah’s 50 largest cities. It shows how much cities collect in taxes and fees compared to what their...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Utah’s 29 counties recently mailed property tax notices to every Utah property owner. These notices indicate the property’s market value, taxable value, the property tax rate each taxing entity with jurisdiction over the property intends to levy, the anticipated total...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized, The Utah Taxpayer
One major tax burden on small businesses is known as the tangible personal property tax or TPP. It is one of the more disliked taxes among business owners. Recently a prominent business owner in Utah told the Association they call it the “bull-sh**” tax because they...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 30, 2025 | The Utah Taxpayer
Truths, myths, and everything in between for Truth-in-Taxation season Utah’s cities, special service districts, and school districts have wrapped up their annual exercise of creating their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. These entities run on a July 1 –...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 30, 2025 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
From the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget With Congress underway with using the budget reconciliation process to enact broad swaths of the Republican agenda, lawmakers have a choice – take responsible steps to address our concerning fiscal trajectory or...
