by Tax Watchdog | Oct 4, 2021 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
The tax world is abuzz over the Build Back Better Act, which is a $3.5 trillion infrastructure federal package trying to move through Congress. The Act would include spending programs to fund insolvent and poorly-run cities, expanding the child tax credit, and the...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 3, 2021 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Utah’s local governmental entities gave away more than $213 million in 2020 in tax increment financing (TIF), with nearly 53% of that money being taken from school districts. Each year, taxing entities across the state give millions in foregone property tax dollars...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 3, 2021 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
by Jonathan Williams Jonathan Williams, Executive Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist at the American Exchange Legislative Council For the past 14 years, I’ve had the privilege of authoring the annual ALEC publication, Rich States, Poor States, alongside...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 3, 2021 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
So far in 2021, several states have followed Utah’s lead by passing legislation modeled after our property tax laws, known as “Truth in Taxation”. After years of painful and relentless property tax hikes, taxpayers in Nebraska and Kansas were victorious in getting...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 6, 2021 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
According to the Tax Foundation in Washington D.C., when it comes to the property tax burden that homeowners pay, Utah now ranks 7th best in the nation. That is good news for Utah taxpayers and shows the benefits of our nationwide gold standard property tax law...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 6, 2021 | Blog, Publications, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer, Cost of Government
The Utah Taxpayers Association just released its annual report, the “2021 Cost of City Government.” The report, based on FY 2020 data, compares the tax burden placed on citizens in Utah’s 50 largest cities by population. On average, Utah city governments (including...
