by Tax Watchdog | Jul 10, 2013 | In the News
This year, the Utah Legislature passed its largest budget ever, topping $13 billion. This money is appropriated for education, transportation, public safety, healthcare, etc. The majority of this money comes from income taxes (which goes solely to education), sales...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 10, 2013 | In the News
Recently it seems that news articles in Utah have surrounded just two topics: Attorney General John Swallow and transportation. While the former is intriguing to many, the latter is important to all. Your Taxpayers Association has been working consistently with...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 10, 2013 | In the News
By Association President Howard Stephenson: This year marks the 15th anniversary of Utah’s charter school law. Charter schools enrolled more than 50,786 students in the 2012-13 school year, or about 8.5% of Utah’s public school students. Charter enrollments are...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 10, 2013 | In the News
As the May 2013 edition of “The Utah Taxpayer” noted, the Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling gave Utah the choice of whether to expand eligibility for Medicaid to include all Utahns who earn up to 138% of the federal poverty level. As an inducement to expand Medicaid,...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 4, 2012 | In the News
By Doug Robinson , Deseret News Published: Tuesday, Oct. 2 2012 It’s “only” $4 a month. That’s what proponents of a tax increase in Orem are saying. Or “only” $48 a year. Who can’t afford 48 bucks? That’s...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 4, 2012 | In the News
By Antone Clark Standard-Examiner Correspondent UTOPIA, the financially beleaguered Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency, will run out of operating revenue by the end of September, according to the group’s executive director. Pressed on the group’s...