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5 years after failure, Utah lawmakers haven’t taken another stab at tax reform. When will they?
Heading into the Utah Legislature’s 2025 legislative session set to convene next week, Gov. Spencer Cox and Republican legislative leaders are eager to cut taxes for a fifth year in a row, adding to their running total of more than $1.2 billion in tax cuts since 2021. But even as they continue to chip away at the state’s income tax base — saying they eventually want to see Utah get rid of its income tax entirely — a weighty policy issue continues to loom unaddressed. Tax reform. Cox acknowledged it Tuesday during an annual conference hosted by the Utah Taxpayers ...