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What Does the American Rescue Plan Act Mean for Utah?

On March 11th, Congress enacted the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, the third (and likely final) round of stimulus funding related to the...
March 22, 2021

Revenue On-Pace through Month Eight

The Utah State Tax Commission released updated revenue collection data today. For the first eight months of fiscal year 2021, General and Education Fund revenue...
March 16, 2021

It’s a Wrap! The 2021 General Session Comes to a Close

The Utah Legislature adjourned on the 45th day of a General Session which was groundbreaking in many ways. Utah’s $23.5 billion budget for Fiscal Year...
March 5, 2021

Revenue Forecasts Improve, though Uncertainty Lingers

On February 19th, the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GOMB), Utah Tax Commission, and the Legislative Fiscal Analyst (LFA) released their updated Consensus Revenue...
February 23, 2021

Rollercoaster Year Ends on a Positive Note for Revenue Collections

On December 16th, the Tax Commission released the TC-23 revenue summary detailing the first five months of collections to state funds. The Education Fund remains...
December 17, 2020

Despite Future Uncertainty, Revenues Continue Upward Growth

On Monday, November 16th, the Tax Commission released the TC-23 revenue summary, along with the GOMB/LFA Revenue Snapshot, detailing collections through the first four months...
November 18, 2020

Revenue Through Q1 Boosted by Online Sales and Federal Stimulus

Federal Stimulus Helps FY 2020 End Better than Expected Earlier this month, the Tax Commission released the final TC-23 Revenue Summary for Fiscal Year 2020....
October 28, 2020

Federal Stimulus Appears to Band-Aid Revenues through close of Fiscal Year 2020

The preliminary TC-23 Revenue Summary Report for twelve months of FY 2020 was released by the Tax Commission Thursday, July 16th, along with the Revenue...
July 23, 2020

Pandemic Impacts Take Shape as Fiscal Year Comes to a Close

The Utah Tax Commission released its TC-23 Revenue Summary Wednesday, June 17th, 2020, detailing the actual collections through 11 months of Fiscal Year 2020. As...
June 17, 2020

Income and Fuel Taxes Begin to Show Pandemic Effects

On Tuesday, May 12th, the Tax Commission released their TC-23 Revenue Summary Report for the month of May. Readers may recall that the April TC-23...
May 13, 2020

Collections Hold Steady as the Legislature Prepares to Weather the Storm

The April TC-23 report released by the Tax Commission reports revenue collections to the General, Education, and Transportation Funds are all on target with consensus...
April 16, 2020

Revenues Still On-track, but Don’t Yet Reflect Pandemic’s Impact

Through the end of February, revenues from all taxes were on target, representing an increase of $571 million over FY 2019. Sales and use tax...
April 2, 2020