by Tax Watchdog | Jun 15, 2008 | 2008 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utah’s total tax and fee burden as percent of personal income increased from 15.76% in FY2005 (revised) to 16.08% in FY2006. Utah’s ranking, however, improved from 5th highest to 8th highest. Excluding fees, Utah’s tax burden, 11.34%, ranks 20^th...
by Tax Watchdog | May 19, 2008 | 2008 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson It’s election year for the legislature and school boards and if voters listen to claims of some, they would believe that the Utah legislature has been stingy with funding for education, that spending per student falls further and further behind...
by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2008 | 2008 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson On May 13, the Utah Taxpayers Association will host our annual “Taxes Now” conference at Salt Lake’s Little America Hotel. The packed agenda will include Utah’s most influential policy leaders outline the impact of the 2008 Legislature’s decisions...
by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2008 | 2008 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Last week Provo Mayor Lewis Billings announced the sale of its municipal telecom system iProvo to Broadweave. The news out of Provo is heartening, especially to those who understand that government should stay out of the business of business....
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 28, 2008 | 2008 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Consumers worldwide are reeling under the price increases for basic food commodities such as flour and sugar. While families have enjoyed for decades what was always expected to be an ever-decreasing cost of food, the expectation that the price...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 14, 2008 | 2008 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson American taxpayers know the significance of April 15 about as much as they do July 4. Those who paid their federal taxes in the past will be receiving a big rebate to in the next few weeks – a rebate of money the federal government doesn’t have,...
