by Tax Watchdog | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
As a member and sometimes chair of the Public Education Appropriations Committee during my 26 years in the Utah Senate, without question, the most difficult challenge we faced was the task of cutting school district and charter school spending during economic...
by Tax Watchdog | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Your Taxpayers Association’s opposition to Utah municipalities’ participation in the financially risky and unproven small modular nuclear reactor project has led some to believe your Taxpayers Association opposes clean energy and nuclear energy. Nothing could be...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
This November, the residents of Kaysville will be voting on a proposal to have the city issue $22 million in debt to finance the buildout of a government owned fiber network. Evidently, the proponents of the project did not get the memo that the Berlin Wall fell more...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
When a new sort of virus infection was officially identified as COVID-19 on January 7, 2020, there were many unknowns, not the least of which included effects on the economy and the tax revenue stream for Utah state and local governments. In the wake of COVID’s...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Western states are unique in that for many of us, the majority of our land is owned and managed by the federal government. West of the Rockies, over 50 percent of the land is federal, while in Utah that number rises to nearly 67 percent. Utah is faced with challenges...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
In its September meeting, the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee discussed Utah’s current sales tax exemptions. Your Taxpayers Association has long argued for a broad sales tax base and a low sales tax rate. The exception to this is using these exemptions as tools...
