Voices for Utah Children Articles
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Detailed description of the 7 tax cut options in the survey above: * Refundable means that it’s like the federal EITC – you get the credit even if it’s larger than what you owe on your income taxes, in which case you get a rebate. Non-refundable means...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Analysis of Retirement Tax Credit Proposals Before the 2021 Utah Legislature
The Utah Legislature is considering including $40-$50 million of retiree tax credits in a package of tax cuts this session. But an important question has arisen as to whether these credits are actually designed properly to help the people that the...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Should 2021 Be "The Year of the Tax Cut"?
Snow on the mountains, inversions in the valleys, and talk of tax cuts at the Capitol: It must be January in Utah. Reports are accumulating that the state’s political leaders are looking to make 2021 “the year of the tax cut.” But, as always with...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Voices for Utah Children announces opposition to Constitutional Amendment G
(view this as a pdf here) The state's leading child research and advocacy organization Voices for Utah Children announced its opposition to Constitutional Amendment G in an online press conference today (Monday, October 5, 2020). Constitutional...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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In Honor of Labor Day, Voices for Utah Children releases Utah Job Quality Report 2020 Salt Lake City -- This morning Voices for Utah Children released the "Utah Job Quality Report 2020." The report was released four days before Labor Day, the annual...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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How Will the Coronavirus Recession Impact Utah?
HOW WILL THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AFFECT UTAH’S ECONOMY? HOW WILL RECENT FEDERAL ACTIONS HELP? WHAT DOES UTAH NEED TO DO NEXT? As Americans hunker down in their homes to avoid catching the coronavirus, and as Governors across the nation ban...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Utah Tax Incidence History: 1995 - 2018
Utah Tax Incidence History 1995 - 2018 Utah is in the midst of the most intense debate over taxes that our state has seen in many years. In December the Legislature passed a major tax restructuring package following a year of public hearings and...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Legislature Passes Tax Package Including Revenue Losses, Grocery Tax (and Credit), EITC
Last night, December 12, 2019, the Utah Legislature passed a tax restructuring package in a special legislative session. Voices for Utah Children was very involved in this process over the course of the year. We attended the Tax Restructuring and...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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For Tax Restructuring, the In-State vs Out-of-State Effects Could Be the Charm
In-State vs Out-of-State Effects: The Key to Tax Restructuring Success? If someone told you that the key to the success of the Utah Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force may well be found in an examination of the in-state vs out-of-state...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Tax Restructuring Process Picks Up Speed -- October 28, 2019 Update
Tax Restructuring Process Picks Up Speed Last week (October 22, 2019) the Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force (TRETF) adopted its co-chairs’ proposal as its working document, passing a motion to produce draft legislation based on it for...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Voices for Utah Children Tax Reform Policy Positions September 2019 The mission of Voices for Utah Children is to make Utah a place where all children thrive. We start with one basic question: "Is it good for kids?" We believe that every child deserves...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
