by Tax Watchdog | Apr 29, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson It looks like Utah’s glory days of wildly surpassing national economic trends are over — at least for the time being. If you look at a graph of Utah unemployment rates compared with the national figures over past years, you’ll see clearly...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 22, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Americans can celebrate Tax Freedom Day on the 117th day of 2002 — Saturday, April 27. This year’s Tax Freedom day comes two days earlier than in 2001 and four days earlier than in 2000 — the year when Tax Freedom Day fell later than ever in the...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 15, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Today, April 15, federal and state income taxes are due. But the day ought to be changed to April 19 – a very special day in the history of the United States and the world. On this day the American protests against taxation without representation...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 8, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson When Governor Leavitt held back $56.6 million from the fiscal year 2001 budget near its close last June there were some who criticized him for not allowing the gap to be made up with a portion of the state’s $120 million “rainy day fund”. That was...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 25, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Although the Utah Legislature is no longer in session, some of its most important work goes forward. During the interim between regular sessions, the various committees of the legislature are empowered to study issues and draft legislation for the...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 18, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Last week in this column I described how the Utah Legislature in its recent session successfully resolved a $256 million revenue shortfall. Taxpayer-friendly legislators were successful in quashing any serious consideration of general tax...
