by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2020 | Publications, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer, School Spending
With 31% of all state funds in Utah’s budget going towards public education, each year your Taxpayers Association scrutinizes all of Utah’s school districts to determine per pupil expenditures. However, not all of that amount goes towards district schools. More than...
by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
This past week, another 3.4 million Americans filed new unemployment claims. While that is the third week in a row of declining new unemployment claims (new claims peaked at over 6.2 million the week of April 5th), it is still among the highest levels in US history by...
by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
For decades your Taxpayers Association has worked to protect the tax base of Utah school districts from community reinvestment agencies’ (CRA) tax increment financing (TIF) schemes that create winners and losers among competing businesses, all at the expense of Utah...
by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Throughout April, the Utah Legislature has met in a pair of special sessions to address the state’s response to the recent pandemic, as well as two bills that were vetoed by Governor Herbert after the general session ended. 2020 General Session Vetoed Policies Instead...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Last week, on March 26th, weekly initial unemployment benefit claims reached the highest level in the history of our country. Claims were five times higher than the worst week during the Great Recession of 2008 at almost 2.9 million claims. We are likely to see more...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog, Publications, Uncategorized, Legislative Scorecard, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
The Utah Taxpayers Association annually releases a legislative scorecard ranking Utah’s legislators by their votes on the most important tax-related bills considered during the most recent legislative session. Out of 76 bills the Utah Taxpayers Association tracked...
