utah taxes

Lawmakers are proposing $400 million in tax relief and eliminating the state sales tax on food — if voters agree to a state constitution change.

As lawmakers get back to work, the legislature will again try to balance needs, wants and big ideas with two powerful forces: the budget and a desire for tax cuts.

The Great Salt Lake is shrinking. Utah lawmakers weigh how to save the body of water, plus what else happened at the legislature this week.

Low-income people would get a nonrefundable tax credit equal to 15% of the credit they get under the federal EITC.

A proposal to cut Utah’s income tax rate got its first hearing in a legislative committee Wednesday. Senators supported the measure on a party-line vote, with Republicans voting in favor.

The latest Utah news from Tuesday evening, May 11, 2021.

There are three big things about the Republican tax bill that stand out to Billy Hesterman, vice president of the Utah Taxpayers Association. The…