by Tax Watchdog | Sep 25, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utah’s financial situation looks better now than it has in a very long time, due to an expanding economy that has generated huge increases in state tax revenues. Utah’s rainy day funds — officially known as budget reserve...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 18, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Real Salt Lake has reportedly given up on a proposal to get Jordan School District, and to a lesser degree all 40 Utah school districts, to cough up money to help the team pay for their Sandy stadium infrastructure. That’s good news. Professional...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 11, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson State budget makers have not worried much about Utah’s spending limitation–until now. According to recent figures from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget and the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, non-exempt state appropriations for...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 4, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The push is on to enact a dual income tax system in a special session on September 20 and to enable a ¼ cent sales tax hike in Salt Lake County for light rail expansion. The new taxes in Salt Lake County would be significantly higher than the tax...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 28, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Special legislative sessions are the most dangerous time of the legislative process as rules are suspended and mistakes are often made in the rush of getting things through in a single day or sometimes two. Taxpayers and ordinary citizens are...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 21, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson True to form, the press continues to defend liberals and attack conservatives both here in Utah and nationally. State Senator Chris Buttars last week filed legislation to require Utah judges standing for a ballot retention vote to first pass a...
