by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2020 | Publications, Newsletters, School Spending
With 31% 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. More than...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog, Publications, Uncategorized, Legislative Scorecard
The Utah Taxpayers Association annually releases a legislative scorecard ranking Utah’s legislators by their votes on the most important tax-related bills considered during the most recent legislative session. Out of 76 bills the Utah Taxpayers Association tracked...
by Tax Watchdog | Nov 8, 2019 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Every year, your Utah Taxpayers Association staff members attend a couple of annual meetings that bring together sister taxpayer associations from states across the country along with tax professionals, CPAs, legal professionals and policymakers. In October, Howard...
by Tax Watchdog | Nov 8, 2019 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Every year the Tax Foundation in Washington DC releases its “State Business Tax Climate Index” that ranks states in a unique way. It seeks to compare state tax systems by not only looking at how much states collect in tax revenue, but more importantly how they are...
by Tax Watchdog | Nov 8, 2019 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Each year, your Utah Taxpayers Association reviews all of the various bond proposals floated by taxing entities around the state. While we generally try to meet with school districts to reduce overall bonding costs through the encouragement of cost-cutting...
by Tax Watchdog | Nov 8, 2019 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
I have either lobbied or served in the Utah Legislature since April 1, 1977. From my MPA experience I was already aware that the Utah Legislature avoids the costly duplication and unnecessary competition among dueling staffs that exist in so many other states. The...
