The co-chairmen of a legislative task force have recommended a $75 million tax cut, combining a higher sales tax on groceries with a lower state income tax rate in order to smooth out a growing disparity between Utah’s sales and income tax revenues.
But some individual members of the task force have elected to submit their own tax recommendations — ranging from a $420 million tax cut to a $283 million tax hike — calling for new levies on soda and candy, the imposition of a statewide property tax or a significant increase to the per-child income tax deduction.