St. George • Utah lawmakers say the time has come for tax reform, and have created a special task force to tour the state, hear feedback from residents and, eventually, draft recommendations for how to update the tax code.
That task force recently completed a swing through southern Utah, holding town hall meetings in Richfield and St. George. Those meetings, like others in Salt Lake County and Box Elder County, were well-attended, with residents voicing a range of concerns about whether, and how, to update the state’s tax code without hurting rural economies, small businesses, taxpayers and Utah’s public schools.
On this week’s “Trib Talk," reporter Benjamin Wood follows the state’s Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force to St. George to hear directly from the Utahns who are watching, and concerned about, the reform process.
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