Salt Lake Tribune · Jan 31, 2019
Commentary: Keeping a clear head on sales tax reform
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) New House Speaker Brad Wilson conducts business in the House of Representatives, on the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislative session, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019.When Utah Foundation released a comprehensive study on Utah’s sales tax base last June, we had only a vague sense that expanding the base would become the biggest item on the agenda for the 2019 legislative session. But, depending on the scope of the change our Legislature is contemplating, sales tax modernization could be the most momentous tax reform Utah has seen in years.
As reform efforts churn in the coming days and weeks, the public and policymakers ought to ponder some key points.