August 2  Urgent: Voters May Cast Ballots Based on Misinformation - Davis School District Not Backing South Davis Recreation Center.

 July 30  Citizens for Tax Fairness and Utah Taxpayers Association denounce unfair actions by Bountiful City and Davis County officials in their efforts to win approval for a $23 million government-owned and operated recreation center..

2003 News Releases

 December 15  Gov. Walker’s Budget Sets Stage For Huge Tax Increases in 2005 “Governor Walker’s proposed budget sets up her successor for a huge tax increase in 2005 and will force local governments to increase their taxes and fees."

 November 26  Moratorium on RDAs "RDA growth is out of control, and the legislature needs to address this issue, preferably by imposing a moratorium on all new RDAs or by changing the formula for allocating sales tax revenues.”

 April 15  Tax Day 2003 Press Conference Today, April 15th marks the deadline for payment of state and local income taxes. On this occasion, the Taxpayers Association would like to call attention to two pressing issues: State lawmakers need to adjust state income tax brackets to account for inflation; and federal lawmakers should not bail out state governments.

 April 11  Should the Federal Government Bail Out the States?- April 15th marks the deadline for payment of state and federal taxes. In conjunction with this deadline, the Utah Taxpayers Association is holding a press conference to publicize Utah’s new higher tax ranking among the 50 states.

 January 23  Utah School Boards Association’s Study Inadvertently Supports Tuition Tax Credits - “The Utah School Boards Association’s recent analysis of the impact of a tuition tax credit is a major victory for those who support tuition tax credits, although that was not the intent of the USBA report”, said Mike Jerman, Vice President of the Utah Taxpayers Association.”

 November 27 Taxpayers Association Denounces Massive Davis County Tax Hike- Davis County Commissioners are proposing a 138% increase in the county’s portion of the property tax. The increase in the county’s portion of the property tax would cause a typical resident’s property tax bill to increase by 15%.

 September 30 Utah Taxpayers Association Finds Large Hole in Salt Lake County's Ambulance Plan - The Utah Taxpayers Association today asked Salt Lake County Council members to act responsibly and vote against the proposed measure to socialize ambulance care in the County.

 July 15 Utah Taxes and Fees Rank 9th Highest in the Nation - No Time for Tax Hikes!

 June 18 Governor's Call for Employers/Education Coalition - The Utah Taxpayers Association supports Governor Leavitt's call for an Employers/Education Coalition to find long-term solutions to Utah's education challenges. "We are hopeful that by bringing employers together to address the problems of education in Utah, we can improve the quality of Utah's educational product," said Howard Stephenson, President of the Association.

 April 15 Tax Day 2002 Press Conference As Utahns rush to the post office to mail their final state and federal income tax forms, their state income taxes will be significantly higher than taxpayers in most other states, especially for Utah taxpayers earning average incomes. In addition, they will collectively pay a $4 million state income tax increase.

 June 18 Salt Lake County Sheriff's Proposed $4.5 Million Tax Sheriff's tax hike unnecessary. sheriff Loses 75% of Territory but wants to maintain original budget.

 June 12 Proposed Salt Lake County Property Tax Hike Salt Lake County residents, who already are facing a $15.4 million property tax hike approved by outgoing county commissioners last December, could be hit with an additional $15.3 million tax increase because of a decision by the Utah State Tax Commission

May 11, 2000 Taxpayer Conference Looks into Internet Taxation, Education  Governor Michael Leavitt and Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, are presenting their conflicting views on Internet taxation in Utah this Friday. These two speakers are just a sampling of speakers who will take both sides of the issues of Internet taxation and education funding at the Utah Taxpayer Association’s conference May 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m at the DoubleTree Hotel in Salt Lake City.
April 17, 2000 Taxpayers Association Denounces Automatic Income Tax Increase"  Utah’s relative heavy income tax burden is the state’s failure to adjust the state’s income brackets for inflation since 1973.