by Tax Watchdog | Mar 26, 2007 | 2007 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson In the past two years, Gov. Huntsman and the Utah Legislature have dramatically changed Utah’s tax structure. Many people have wondered how the combined effects of income tax changes and multiple sales tax changes will affect them. Utah Taxpayers...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 19, 2007 | 2007 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson I’ve always supported means-tested education vouchers because they are a good deal for taxpayers, parents, and students. Choice allows parents to find education options that are best suited for their children. Competition improves the quality of...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 12, 2007 | 2007 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson It’s easy for elected officials to be generous when the economy enables taxpayers to be generous. But the real measure of fiscal conservatives is when elected officials provide permanent tax reductions and keep spending limits intact. Record...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 5, 2007 | 2007 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson One of the biggest victories for taxpayers at the recently concluded General Session of the Utah Legislature was passage of SB 223 – the omnibus tax cut package – which enacted eight different tax cuts totaling $219 million including a...
by Tax Watchdog | Feb 19, 2007 | 2007 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utah ranks 26th among the fifty states and District of Columbia for small business survivability, according to the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council); a non-profit small business advocacy group which has more than 70,000...
by Tax Watchdog | Feb 5, 2007 | 2007 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Last week in this column I addressed the challenges of getting the monolith public education system to embrace technology in the classroom. This week I will address the technology issue further and discuss my plan to bring average teacher pay in...