by Malah Armstrong | Jan 31, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
“We strive to both create good tax policy and eliminate bad tax policy.” These are the words of Chairman Smith of the Ways and Means Committee to conclude his explanation of the bipartisan tax deal currently being negotiated in Congress. The Tax Relief for American...
by Tax Watchdog | Jan 31, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Snow on the mountains and nowhere to park on Capitol Hill can only mean one thing: the Legislative Session has begun. Here are the Utah Taxpayers Association legislative priorities so far: HJR 14/HB 284 Initiative AmendmentsThis bill requires a 60% public vote to pass...
by Rusty Cannon | Jan 3, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
While many Utah and across the globe open bright and shiny new items on Christmas morning, the Utah Taxpayers Association believes that the gifts in the 2025 fiscal year budget being unwrapped during the upcoming Legislative session should be the gift that nobody...
by Malah Armstrong | Jan 3, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Did you get a new phone for Christmas? Perhaps one with an unlimited plan? Chances are, you or someone in your household did. And while we all know that phones are overpriced and the plans are expensive, there’s just no way to survive without 24/7 phone access, so...
by Malah Armstrong | Jan 3, 2024 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
For the last 16 years, Utah has been ranked #1 in Economic Outlook Rank by ALEC’s Rich States, Poor States, and while the future remains bright for Utah, 2024 threatens a new ranking for the first time ever. In 2023, Utah cut its state individual income tax by 0.2%,...
by Tax Watchdog | Nov 30, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Of the eleven bond issues on the ballot throughout the state this November, six failed, including a $75.4m bond proposal in the Iron County School District which failed by 0.15% of the vote, and the first Park City recreation bond proposal to fail in over 20 years....
