by Rusty Cannon | Apr 7, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Utah should catch up with other states moving to zero income tax rates. Originally published in the Salt Lake Tribune on March 24, 2023 By Grover Norquist and Rusty Cannon For the past few years, Utah has consistently experienced significant ongoing surpluses – money...
by Malah Armstrong | Apr 4, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
In November 2022, Arizona voters approved a constitutional amendment, Proposition 132, which would “require at least sixty percent of votes cast to approve an initiative or referendum that enacts a tax”. This important amendment protects taxpayers, ensures broad...
by Malah Armstrong | Apr 4, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
During the 2023 General Session, various bills were proposed to provide an individual tax credit to certain groups. With few exceptions, your Utah Taxpayers Association opposed each of these credits. Although tax credits appear to be beneficial to taxpayers, there are...
by Malah Armstrong | Mar 9, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Over the last three years, the most common two words in popular vocabulary have been “pandemic” and “inflation”. While the pandemic is set to officially end in May, inflation is certainly here to stay. Many of the consequences of inflation are out of the control of...
by Rusty Cannon | Mar 9, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
After weeks of presentations to Appropriations Committees and additional weeks of number crunching and negotiations, the Executive Appropriations Committee (EAC) unveiled the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2024 in the final days of the 2023 Legislative session. As...
by Malah Armstrong | Mar 9, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
The 2023 General Utah Legislative Session ended around 10pm on Friday, March 4th after 45 days of bill filings, committee hearings, floor debates and votes. The Legislature tackled many major issues and topics and the 2023 session could go down as one of the most...
