by Tax Watchdog | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Utahns are witnessing once again why Utah is the best fiscally managed state in the nation as the Utah Legislature is already working vigorously to balance the current year budget and repeal increases and trim the 2020-21 budget without raising taxes. Currently, the...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
It is time the Utah legislature takes a serious look at Utah’s individual income tax rate and examine how it compares to the rest of the nation. Individual income tax is a large part of state government revenue, generating an average of 37% of total state tax...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
With the recent debate surrounding the 2019 tax reform bill (SB 2001) in Utah and the sales tax on food, we thought it would be a good idea to examine various sales tax rates across the nation and see how Utah compares. This analysis, taken in part from the Washington...
by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
This past week, another 3.4 million Americans filed new unemployment claims. While that is the third week in a row of declining new unemployment claims (new claims peaked at over 6.2 million the week of April 5th), it is still among the highest levels in US history by...
by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
For decades your Taxpayers Association has worked to protect the tax base of Utah school districts from community reinvestment agencies’ (CRA) tax increment financing (TIF) schemes that create winners and losers among competing businesses, all at the expense of Utah...
by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Throughout April, the Utah Legislature has met in a pair of special sessions to address the state’s response to the recent pandemic, as well as two bills that were vetoed by Governor Herbert after the general session ended. 2020 General Session Vetoed Policies Instead...
