by Rusty Cannon | Oct 4, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
In 2021 in Kansas, the House and Senate passed Senate Bill 13 by overwhelming bipartisan majorities and the Democrat Governor, Laura Kelly, signed it into law. SB 13 was modeled after Utah’s 1985 “Truth in Taxation” law and will bring transparency to the area of...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 3, 2022 | Uncategorized, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Additional Statement made on Oct 10, 2022 Since our statement on Oct 3rd was published, there have been accusations that the Utah Taxpayers Association was bribed, “bought off”, “corrupted” or paid money for its support of Proposition 2. This is a categorically false...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 26, 2022 | Uncategorized, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
September 26, 2022 The Utah Taxpayers Association has elected to take a neutral position on the proposed issuance of $595 million in debt by the Alpine School District. This will be the largest issuance of school district bond debt ever in Utah. While the amount of...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 2, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
The Utah Taxpayers Association is proud to announce the hiring of our new Vice President of Research and Policy, Malah Armstrong. As Vice President, Malah will continue to further the mission of the Utah Taxpayers Association as Utah’s tax policy watchdog- devoted to...
by Rusty Cannon | Sep 2, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
As August winds down, taxpayers are seeing the end of the many Truth in Taxation hearings taking place across the state. As we wrote in our newsletter last month, there are approximately 90 taxing entities raising taxes this year, compared to the typical average of...
by Malah Armstrong | Sep 2, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
California recently passed legislation that will allow only electric vehicles to be sold as new cars beginning 2035. While the regulation boasts many advantages to clean air and health, it also begs the question of how California will pay for its roads after 2035, and...