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Article: Property taxes are 'key issue' in Utah County
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2008
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PROVO -- Property taxes, illegal immigration and discussion on
funding for Utah County projects took center stage at the weekly
Eggs and Issues breakfast early Saturday morning.
"Property taxes is one of the key issues we have been spending a
lot of time on," John Dougall, R-American Fork, said.
Dougall explained a bill he is sponsoring that will shift funding
for schools from property taxes to revenue from sales taxes.
"In Utah everybody hates taxes, but they seem to hate the sales
taxes less," Dougall said.
A recent study presented to lawmakers showed sales taxes and
property taxes are comparably volatile, which may mean sales-tax
revenue is stable enough to support Utah school districts. ...