Voices for Utah Children Articles
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When we cut income taxes, it's property taxes that help cover our schools. Utah’s public schools serve over 670,000 kids in more than 1,000 public schools. For a long time, Utah was praised for its fair school funding system, making sure high-poverty...
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- Author: Taylor Throne, Jenna Williams
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Another Year, Another Tax Cut: Who Benefits?
Key Takeaways Minimal Savings, Major Loss: Another tax cut in 2025 will remove about $100M from essential services, pushing total cuts to about $1.3B annually—funds that could strengthen schools, childcare, and healthcare. Wealthy Win, Families Lose:...
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- Author: Jenna Williams
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Tracking Utah's K-12 Education Funding
It’s official: Utah returns to ranking last in the nation for per-pupil education spending. While the national average is $15,633, Utah’s spending stands at $9,552 per student, placing the state 51st for Fiscal Year 2022.[i] Let’s dive into the data to...
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- Author: Jenna Williams, Taylor Throne
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Summary of the Tax Cuts Passed by the 2023 Utah Legislature
The Legislature finished its 2023 General Session last Friday evening, March 3rd. In the area of tax policy, we've prepared the chart above to summarize the tax cuts passed this year. The tax cuts that will go into effect in the next year add up to...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Utah Education Funding: Legislative Leadership vs The Data
At two large pre-legislative events in the second week of January, hundreds of attendees heard Utah's Senate President proudly assert that Utah was the only state that increased education funding during the pandemic. Every year, especially around the...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Invest in Utah's Future Coalition: $5.6b of unmet needs should be prioritized over tax cuts
BROAD COALITION CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN UTAH’S FUTURE RATHER THAN TAX CUTS, DOCUMENTS $5.6 BILLION IN URGENT UNMET NEEDS Salt Lake City – On Monday, January 23, 2023 at the Utah State Capitol, a broad and diverse coalition of advocates for the poor,...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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* * SEE COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF THE LEGISLATURE'S $400 MILLION TAX CUT PROPOSAL AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE * * The 2023 Legislature's annual seven-week General Session has begun! At the top of the agenda for the Governor and Legislative leadership: tax...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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2022 Legislative Session: Tax Policy: Giving In Again to the Tax Cut Temptation
The story of tax policy in the 2022 Legislative session is a tale of two tax cuts: A large, top-heavy cut to the income tax rate from 4.95% to 4.85%. How large? $164 million. How top-heavy? 63% of it goes to the top 20% of taxpayers. all of whom have...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Invest in Utah's Future, Not Tax Cuts
BROAD COALITION CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN UTAH’S FUTURE, NOT TAX CUTS, DOCUMENTS $5.2 BILLION IN URGENT UNMET NEEDS Salt Lake City – On Monday, November 8, 2021 on the steps of the Utah Capitol, a broad and diverse coalition of advocates for the poor,...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Legislative leaders have said that 2021 should be “the year of the tax cut.” Numerous public opinion surveys show that Utahns disagree. This may come as a surprise to policymakers, who have been in the habit of handing out tax break after tax break for...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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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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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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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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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
