by Tax Watchdog | Sep 26, 2022 | Uncategorized, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
September 26, 2022 The Utah Taxpayers Association has elected to take a neutral position on the proposed issuance of $595 million in debt by the Alpine School District. This will be the largest issuance of school district bond debt ever in Utah. While the amount of...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 2, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
The Utah Taxpayers Association is proud to announce the hiring of our new Vice President of Research and Policy, Malah Armstrong. As Vice President, Malah will continue to further the mission of the Utah Taxpayers Association as Utah’s tax policy watchdog- devoted to...
by Rusty Cannon | Sep 2, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
As August winds down, taxpayers are seeing the end of the many Truth in Taxation hearings taking place across the state. As we wrote in our newsletter last month, there are approximately 90 taxing entities raising taxes this year, compared to the typical average of...
by Malah Armstrong | Sep 2, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
California recently passed legislation that will allow only electric vehicles to be sold as new cars beginning 2035. While the regulation boasts many advantages to clean air and health, it also begs the question of how California will pay for its roads after 2035, and...
by Rusty Cannon | Sep 2, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Last year Arizona left Utah in the dust by passing a tax cut over nine times bigger than ours (worth $1.9 billion versus $210 million in the last year alone). Now, Utah’s neighbor to the north, Idaho, has also shown what it is like to lead the pack. The Utah Taxpayers...
by Rusty Cannon | Aug 24, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Now that a few days have passed since the June 28th Utah Republican and Democrat primary elections, subsequent rounds of vote counting have been completed and results in tight races are starting to firm up. Overall, it was a very good election night for incumbents....
