by Billy Hesterman | Nov 3, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
I love a good tax cut and we’ve seen a good number of them over the last decade. From moving Utah’s income tax rate down to eliminating sales taxes on tools for production for manufacturers to expanding the child tax credits for Utah families and cutting Utah’s...
by Malah Armstrong | Nov 3, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have proposed scrapping taxes on tips during their respective campaigns, but this proposal is nothing more than a red herring: a distraction from the really important tax stuff. Rather than truly help anyone, the proposal to ban...
by Malah Armstrong | Nov 3, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
With Amendment A officially disqualified from the November 2024 ballot, you might think we’d be done talking about education spending for now, but Speaker Schultz and the Higher Education Committee have a different idea. As reported by the Salt Lake Tribune, Speaker...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 30, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Growing up in Scotland, I saw my fair share of tourists. Usually Americans, dressed in winter clothes despite it being May, they’d cry, “it looks like Hogwarts!” whenever they encountered a building that was more than 100 years old. I’d roll my eyes. A dislike of...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 30, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
The decision to earmark income tax for education was made in 1948 and, with some minor adjustments, has dictated the taxation and spending trends in Utah for the last 76 years. However, we’re not living in a post-WWII society, or economy, or education system, and...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 30, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
As spooky season is now upon us we thought it would be good to take a look at the fees charged by some of the scariest spots in many of Utah’s cities, the city cemetery. Municipal cemetery fees have a wide range in Utah. South Jordan has the highest fees,...
