by Tax Watchdog | Oct 10, 2018 | Blog
With nearly half of all state funds in Utah’s budget going towards public education, each year your Taxpayers Association scrutinizes all of Utah’s school districts to determine per pupil expenditures. However, not all of that amount goes towards district schools....
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog
This November, Utahns have the opportunity to weigh in on issues that will affect their taxes. The questions being asked have the potential to impact all three of Utah’s major taxes (sales, property and income taxes) depending on how voters react to the questions. The...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 20, 2018 | Blog
Recently the Park City School District’s Board of Education approved of purchasing a home for its new Superintendent to the tune of $870,000. Located in swanky Jeremy Ranch, this property is worth more than double the average home in Utah ($313,000). In 2018, not only...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 14, 2018 | Blog
by Senator Dan Hemmert (R – Orem) Imagine you’ve decided to make a necessary major household purchase, like a new car. Let’s say you find a vehicle that suits your family, so you sit down with the car dealer to finalize terms. You ask the total price, how much...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 21, 2018 | Blog
Does your city pay its employees more than the state pays the Governor? In an analysis of 2017 employee compensation of the 50 largest cities in the state of Utah, it was found that 29 of the 50 cities pay at least one employee more than Governor Gary Herbert’s annual...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog, Cost of Government
Utah citizens are paying roughly $611 of their income to city government, which is roughly $24.72 of each $1,000 earned by residents in the city. This represents 2.4% of taxpayer income. The average cost of city government per $1,000 of income earned by city residents...
