by Tax Watchdog | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Utah’s 29 counties recently mailed property tax notices to every Utah property owner. These notices indicate the property’s market value, taxable value, the property tax rate each taxing entity with jurisdiction over the property intends to levy, the anticipated total...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized, The Utah Taxpayer
One major tax burden on small businesses is known as the tangible personal property tax or TPP. It is one of the more disliked taxes among business owners. Recently a prominent business owner in Utah told the Association they call it the “bull-sh**” tax because they...
by Billy Hesterman | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, The Utah Taxpayer
Governor Spencer Cox has nominated Johnny Deeds, of the Law firm Crapo|Deeds PLLC, to be the next commissioner on the Utah State Tax Commission. In the governor’s announcement of the nomination, he noted that Deeds has the ability to navigate complex tax...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 30, 2025 | The Utah Taxpayer
Truths, myths, and everything in between for Truth-in-Taxation season Utah’s cities, special service districts, and school districts have wrapped up their annual exercise of creating their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. These entities run on a July 1 –...
by Billy Hesterman | May 29, 2025 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Last month the Utah Republican Party held its organizing convention and took up a resolution dealing with Utah’s property tax system. Those proposing the resolution argued that Utah’s property tax system has caused “hyper-inflated values and tax assessments on...
by Billy Hesterman | Mar 31, 2025 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
A common theme in the 2025 legislative session was lawmakers wanting to give their residents some kind of tax relief. Over the past five years we’ve seen the prices on pretty much everything increase which in turn has made the government cost more. The largest...
