BEEHIVE FAMILY – TYPICAL UTAH FAMILY
The Bob and Brooke Beehive Family is a family of five designed to help illustrate the annual tax burden of a “typical” Utah family.
This typical family has been created using data from the U.S. Census Bureau and several publications from the Utah State Tax Commission.
All calculations are done by the Utah Taxpayers Association.
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