by Tax Watchdog | Dec 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
December 9, 2019 – The Utah Taxpayers Association urges lawmakers to vote YES on the tax reform legislation that was released on Friday, December 6th. This important piece of legislation will be a key part of our legislative scorecard in the coming year. The...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 5, 2019 | Uncategorized, 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 | Uncategorized
The Utah Taxpayers Association has elected Jennifer Somers to chair the Association’s Board of Directors in 2020 at the annual membership meeting in November. Somers has served on the Board since 2017 and has previously served as the Association’s Vice Chair. Somers...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
On November 25th, the Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force met again to go over further proposals. While the primary focus was to hear from the public about the various proposals, a second draft of the tax reform legislation was released. The updated bill...
