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Revenue Growth Slows a Bit Through Five Months

Every month the Tax Commission releases a monthly revenue snapshot. This gives us a chance to compare what’s actually happening this the projected figures.  This...
January 7, 2019

State Revenue Remains Strong but Caution Encouraged

The Executive Appropriations Committee adopted revised revenue estimates for FY 2019 and new estimates for FY 2020.  When combined with the year-end surplus from FY...
December 3, 2018

Fourth Month Revenue Slows Down a Bit, Still Strong

The Utah State Tax Commission released its TC-23 revenue report for the first four months of FY 2019 today.  The report, as interpreted on our...
October 30, 2018

State Closes Fiscal 2018 with $158 Million Budget Surplus

On October 16, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst’s Office reported to members of the Executive Appropriations Committee that Utah closed fiscal year 2018 with a budget...
October 17, 2018

Legislative Staff Offices Receive Valued Recognition

Utah's legislative staff offices are honored to receive the 2018 Ethical Leadership Award for Government from the Daniels Fund and Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at...
September 26, 2018

A Tally of Utah’s $252 Million Revenue Surplus by Source

Fiscal Year 2018 is over.  And it ended with a bang.  The State closed the fiscal year with a $252 million revenue surplus.  Of the...
September 18, 2018

Follow-up Report: Time to Revisit Budgets of the Past

Each summer, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst looks-back at prior year appropriation items and fiscal notes to determine accuracy of budget, schedule, and performance.  This year,...
July 17, 2018

Long-term Vision: Looking Out at Our Future

Utah legislators have long known the benefits of forward thinking.  After the "Dot-com" bust of the early 2000s, they developed tools like temporal balance and...
April 15, 2018