by Tax Watchdog | Sep 4, 2024 | Newsletters, How Utah Compares
An expensive but popular tenet of the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act was the cut in corporate income tax from 35% to 21%. Unlike many of the provisions of the TCJA which are set to expire at the end of 2026, this cut was supposedly permanent. However, both presidential...
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 | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog, Publications, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer, 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 | Jan 5, 2020 | Newsletters, How Utah Compares
Utah’s state and local government tax and burden ranked 30th highest in the U.S. and below the national average during Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, according to the Utah Taxpayers Association’s annual calculations in the How Utah Compares report. Tax burden is expressed as...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 29, 2014 | How Utah Compares
How Utah Compares Reports The Utah Taxpayers Association annually calculates tax burdens for all 50 states using data from the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Association uses several tax and spending burden measures to provide a complete...