by Malah Armstrong | Mar 9, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Over the last three years, the most common two words in popular vocabulary have been “pandemic” and “inflation”. While the pandemic is set to officially end in May, inflation is certainly here to stay. Many of the consequences of inflation are out of the control of...
by Rusty Cannon | Mar 9, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
After weeks of presentations to Appropriations Committees and additional weeks of number crunching and negotiations, the Executive Appropriations Committee (EAC) unveiled the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2024 in the final days of the 2023 Legislative session. As...
by Malah Armstrong | Mar 9, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
The 2023 General Utah Legislative Session ended around 10pm on Friday, March 4th after 45 days of bill filings, committee hearings, floor debates and votes. The Legislature tackled many major issues and topics and the 2023 session could go down as one of the most...
by Malah Armstrong | Jan 31, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Last week, the Larry H Miller Group announced that it would be relocating its Salt Lake Bees baseball team to Daybreak, where it owns 1300 acres of undeveloped real estate. By having the stadium at the heart of its development, they said, they will be able to attract...
by Tax Watchdog | Jan 31, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
On January 11th, 2023, it was announced that Utah’s Congressman Blake Moore (R- CD1) had been elected to the House Ways and Means Committee. This is a huge win for taxpayers in Utah. Utah has never had a Republican member on the committee since statehood and there has...
by Rusty Cannon | Jan 31, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Property taxes were a hot topic in Utah in 2022 as residential property taxpayers faced a perfect storm that resulted in higher property tax bills for most residents. Three factors combined to form that storm. First, as we highlighted in the summer, over 90 taxing...
