The Utah Legislature’s task force on tax reform presented its plan to change income and sales taxes in an effort to balance the needs of education and other programs in the state budget. While I applaud legislators for working hard to find solutions to these issues, and I believe their intentions are sincere, I am concerned that the proposal will place our students and education systems at risk in the future.
For nearly 90 years, Utah has placed all income taxes into a special fund to be used only for education. This is the entire reason the state income tax exists.