by Tax Watchdog | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog, Tax Alerts, Featured Articles, In the News
In last month’s edition of the Utah Taxpayer, we reviewed a few cities and school districts that are looking to increase their levies on taxpayers. As happens every summer, cities and school districts, along with a few special service districts, prepare their budget...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog, In the News, Press Releases
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Taxpayers Association and Libertas Institute, represented by attorneys from the Center for Competitive Politics, have reached a mutually agreeable settlement with the state of Utah over a legal challenge to state law that, in effect, silences...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 22, 2016 | News and Media, Blog, In the News
Earlier this week, the Utah Taxpayers Association President Howard Stephenson wrote an opinion article in the Daily Herald regarding Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz efforts to create a level-playing field among retailers as part of a national solution on remote sales taxes....
by Tax Watchdog | May 25, 2016 | Events and Meetings, News and Media, Taxes Now Conference, In the News
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our 38th Annual Taxes Now Conference on Monday, May 16th at the Grand America Hotel. We had a group of excellent presenters who expertly displayed knowledge about tax-related issues from all sides of the policy and political...
by Tax Watchdog | Feb 21, 2016 | Blog, Legislative Issue Alerts, Featured Articles
Utah 2.0 continues to march forward throughout the 2016 Legislative Session. Over the past few weeks, we met with business leaders from across the state and showed them our legislative priorities. Check out what they had to say.
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 11, 2015 | In the News
On Tuesday, we spoke against a $9.4 million tax increase that is in the proposed budget for Salt Lake County. The Salt Lake Tribune was there to cover it. Thanks to our comments and the countless others who spoke out, the County Council voted to postpone the vote by a...
