by Tax Watchdog | Jan 5, 2020 | Newsletters
After many months of deliberation and public meetings, the Utah Legislature passed Senate Bill 2001 – Tax Restructuring Revisions (Hillyard) in a special session on December 12th. The refinement that has taken place over the last nine months has produced...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 5, 2019 | Newsletters
In the September issue of the Utah Taxpayer, I explained in detail why Utah’s 51st ranking in spending per student is a flawed metric. I wrote in the October issue about Utah’s ugly little secret of grotesque differences among Utah’s school districts in spending per...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 5, 2019 | Newsletters
Exempting Sales Tax for Business Inputs for Oil and Gas and Electrical Generation In the Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee, taxpayers scored a major victory as a bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Winterton passed committee and is headed to the 2020...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 5, 2019 | Newsletters
As the debate over tax reform in Utah comes to a crescendo with a special legislative session in December, a big question still remains: how big of a net tax cut should Utah taxpayers see? How much of taxpayers money should be returned to them, following years and...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 2, 2019 | Newsletters, Tax Alerts, Press Releases
After examining the budget proposal from the Utah County Commission for 2020 and studying the history of property tax rates and spending for the last several decades in the county, the Utah Taxpayers Association believes that an adjustment in the certified rate is...
by Tax Watchdog | Nov 8, 2019 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Every year, your Utah Taxpayers Association staff members attend a couple of annual meetings that bring together sister taxpayer associations from states across the country along with tax professionals, CPAs, legal professionals and policymakers. In October, Howard...