by Tax Watchdog | Oct 2, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer, How Utah Compares
Our 2023 How Utah Compares report, published in September, challenges the narrative that Utah’s tax burden is extraordinarily low by comparing the percentage of personal income devoted to various taxes and fees to that of each of the 50 states and the nation as...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 2, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
The Budget of the State of Utah for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 is 572 pages long – longer than Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, and Pride and Prejudice – and far less familiar than any of those classics. Each year, the Legislature appropriates billions of dollars to...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 2, 2023 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer
Since its founding in 1922, the Utah Taxpayers Association has cautioned that government should not be in the business of business. For over two decades, mostly under the radar of taxpayers, local governments have marched down the perilous road of borrowing and...