by Malah Armstrong | Oct 4, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
For over 50 years, Utah has used Tax Increment Financing (TIF) to fund development projects across the state. TIF projects have included infrastructure construction, the mitigation of blight, and the acquisition of parcels of land, but, at times, have lacked...
by Rusty Cannon | Oct 4, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
In 2021 in Kansas, the House and Senate passed Senate Bill 13 by overwhelming bipartisan majorities and the Democrat Governor, Laura Kelly, signed it into law. SB 13 was modeled after Utah’s 1985 “Truth in Taxation” law and will bring transparency to the area 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...
