by Tax Watchdog | Oct 3, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The Crash of a Utah State University van last week in which eight men were killed and two critically injured has been on the minds of many Utahns. News stories, talk radio commentaries and letters to the editor have focused on what went wrong and...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 5, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson One of the most common complaints, and most common reasons more of the best teachers don’t stay in public education, is the age-old lock-step salary schedule used by just about every school district in the country. In this system, the way teachers...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 29, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson There have been some really good books published this summer, like 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America and Freakonomics. The first is another book by former award-winning CBS news reporter Bernard Goldberg, author of Bias, who names the people...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 15, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles
Mr. Howard Stephenson The national Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP) which officially began in March 2000 is about to take effect in a significant way. SSTP is an effort to simplify and modernize sales and use tax collection and administration, according to James...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 8, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Despite significant start up costs, Utah charter schools are educating students at a total cost per student that is less than the total cost per student for Utah’s forty school districts, according to an analysis conducted by the Utah Taxpayers...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 18, 2005 | 2005 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utah’s Tax Reform Task Force is considering a flat state income tax with one rate and no itemized deductions or dependent exemptions. The proposal has been recommended by Income Tax Sub-committee and will now be considered by the full Task Force....
