Category Archives: Taxes

Take a look at the taxman’s tax map: How does Utah compare?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Tweet How do Utah’s income tax rates compare to those in neighboring states, or states in other regions? Is Utah’s sales tax burden higher than other states’? What kind of tax (sales, income, property, etc.) does Utah government rely on … Continue reading →

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What a liberal ‘economic recovery’ feels like

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

Tweet Technically, the so-called “Great Recession” ended in June 2009. So does it feel like an “economic recovery” to you? Fortunately for many Utahns – in part due to the generally conservative public policies put in place by Utah policymakers … Continue reading →

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Utah tax revenue leans heavily on income, consumption

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

Tweet According to a new Tax Foundation analysis of Census Bureau data on state and local government tax revenues, state and local governments in Utah rely more on individual and corporate income taxes and sales taxes, and less on property … Continue reading →

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Conservative ideas help balance conflicting interests in tax policy

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

Tweet One of the benefits for free society – for families, individuals, businesses, and others – that conservative principles and thinking provides is the possibility for balancing realities and principles that may seem to be in conflict, resembling the balancing … Continue reading →

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Why Orem residents are right to fight UTOPIA tax sneakiness

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

Tweet Deseret News columnist Doug Robinson sums up perfectly why Orem residents are pushing back against new taxes to pay for UTOPIA. More than 5,000 Orem residents signed a petition to force a property-tax referendum in November 2013. That means … Continue reading →

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Response to an angry UTOPIA

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

Tweet After much citizen input from a historically attended Orem City Council meeting on the evening of Aug. 14 (and into the wee hours of the morning on Aug. 15) to decide the fate of a proposed 50 percent increase … Continue reading →

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Positive signs for Orem taxpayers after 8-hour tax hearing

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

Tweet After an eight-hour Truth in Taxation Hearing, the Orem City Council voted 4-3 at 1:45 this morning to approve a 25 percent property tax increase for the Orem portion of the property tax bill, instead of the proposed 50 … Continue reading →

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State tax revenue update shows a “marginally” improving economy and outlook

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

Tweet The latest tax revenue estimates reported to the Legislature’s Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee today showed that general and education fund revenues (mostly sales & use tax and personal/corporate income taxes, respectively) for fiscal year 2011 came in $80 … Continue reading →

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Video: Tax Freedom Day in Utah

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Tweet In 2012, Utahns had to work 107 days to earn enough to pay all their federal, state and local taxes for the year. If all those earnings had gone straight to taxes, then beginning today, Utahns would get to … Continue reading →

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$21 Million for Rec Center? Springville Voters to Decide

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Tweet   Springville residents will soon vote on whether to approve a $21 million tax-funded bond to build a public recreation center. What impact would this bond and rec center have on Springville taxpayers, businesses and families? Watch this video … Continue reading →

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Don’t chop tax breaks for charitable contributions

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Tweet   Should government continue to give people tax breaks for donating to charities? Elder Dallin H. Oaks, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, thinks so. In response to … Continue reading →

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Next taxpayer-subsidized hotel: Salt Lake City?

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

Tweet   The hotel industry has been attracting many cities in Utah lately. West Valley City has already decided to loan $30 million to a private developer to build a hotel; Holladay wants Salt Lake County to loan it $450,000 … Continue reading →

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Parents as a supply of ‘revenue enhancements’

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Tweet   The newspapers are reporting that a state senator is raising (again) the idea that what Utah schools need is more money and that this money should come from increasing taxes on parenting. Specifically, the “revenue enhancement” (“a politically … Continue reading →

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Today’s government-bungled finances echo economist’s warning of 65 years ago

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

Tweet   Standard & Poor’s recent decision to downgrade the credit rating of the United States government from AAA to AA+ contributed to the biggest drop of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since December 2008. Gross national debt is at … Continue reading →

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Back to basics: making government effective in Mali, Africa

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

Tweet   Sutherland recently interviewed Yeah Samake, mayor of Ouelessebougou, Mali, to discover which principles have helped him effectively lead a city in the second-poorest country in the world. Watch the video report below to hear what he said: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8nFS7AwrpU … Continue reading →

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