by Tax Watchdog | Oct 2, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer, How Utah Compares
Our 2023 How Utah Compares report, published in September, challenges the narrative that Utah’s tax burden is extraordinarily low by comparing the percentage of personal income devoted to various taxes and fees to that of each of the 50 states and the nation as...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 2, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
The Budget of the State of Utah for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 is 572 pages long – longer than Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, and Pride and Prejudice – and far less familiar than any of those classics. Each year, the Legislature appropriates billions of dollars to...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 2, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Since its founding in 1922, the Utah Taxpayers Association has cautioned that government should not be in the business of business. For over two decades, mostly under the radar of taxpayers, local governments have marched down the perilous road of borrowing and...
by Malah Armstrong | Aug 29, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Average gas prices in Utah are currently $4.22 a gallon, compared to the national average of $3.83. Historically, Utah has always had higher gas prices than many other states and, over the last year, Utah’s average gas price has continuously been higher than the...
by Malah Armstrong | Aug 29, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
It’s no secret that “California” is synonymous with “high taxes”, and the state’s recent legislative session shows they have no intention of shirking that title. Over $203.7 billion in new taxes and fees are being considered, and a budget of $310.8 billion was signed...
by Rusty Cannon | Aug 29, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
While sales tax is a tax we pay the most often as we go about our daily lives, it is often the least understood tax. Rarely will a receipt have all the information about the various parts of the sales tax that is being paid, and even more rarely do people take the...
