by Tax Watchdog | Sep 11, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson State budget makers have not worried much about Utah’s spending limitation–until now. According to recent figures from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget and the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, non-exempt state appropriations for...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 4, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The push is on to enact a dual income tax system in a special session on September 20 and to enable a ¼ cent sales tax hike in Salt Lake County for light rail expansion. The new taxes in Salt Lake County would be significantly higher than the tax...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 28, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Special legislative sessions are the most dangerous time of the legislative process as rules are suspended and mistakes are often made in the rush of getting things through in a single day or sometimes two. Taxpayers and ordinary citizens are...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 21, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson True to form, the press continues to defend liberals and attack conservatives both here in Utah and nationally. State Senator Chris Buttars last week filed legislation to require Utah judges standing for a ballot retention vote to first pass a...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 14, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Sales tax revenues understated by $104 million If you ask a legislator or almost anyone involved in Utah public policy how much the state collects in sales taxes, they’ll look at page one of the TC-23 and tell you that the state collected about...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 7, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson What would you do if you worked hard to elect members of your political party to the legislature – willingly giving your time and money to advance the ideas you hold dear – and you actually won over the years a nearly 75% majority of each house,...
