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 Rusty Cannon | Aug 29, 2023 | Uncategorized, Newsletters, Sales Taxes
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...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 10, 2023 | Property Tax Report
Over the next six weeks, around 78 taxing entities throughout Utah will hold public Truth in Taxation hearings to justify their proposed budget increases. This gold-standard property tax law, pioneered in Utah and replicated across the nation, facilitates transparency...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 7, 2022 | Blog, Publications, Newsletters, School Spending
According to a new Association report, rising property values have impacted tax rates across the state. The annual School Spending Report, released in February, examines spending, revenues, and tax rates from all 41 school districts and combined charter school...
by Tax Watchdog | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog, Publications, Newsletters, How Utah Compares
Utah’s state and local government tax and burden ranked higher than the nation’s during Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, according to the Utah Taxpayers Association’s annual calculations in the How Utah Compares report. Tax burden is expressed as the percentage of total...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 6, 2021 | Blog, Publications, Newsletters, 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...
