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Briefing Papers

2017

• October 2017
  • Utah's General Sales & Use Tax (PDF)
• June 2017
  • Limited Purpose Local Governments (PDF)

2016

• August 2016
  • Elections Obstacles: Utah’s Growing Need for New Voting Equipment (PDF)

2015

• July 2015
  • The New Gas Tax: What it is and How it Works (PDF)

2014

• December 2014
  • Utah Post Postretirement Employment Restrictions (PDF)
• February 2014
  • Utah's Population: Growing Fast, Concentrating More, Diversifying Rapidly (PDF)

2013

• August 2013
  • Implementation of the Affordable Care Act: The Utah Model for Implementing Exchanges (PDF)
  • Implementation of the Affordable Care Act: Medicaid Expansion Options and Their Impacts (PDF)
• May 2013
  • Who Pays Taxes in Utah? (PDF)

2012

• November 2012
  • How Utah Water Works: An Overview of Sources, Uses, Funding, and Pricing (PDF)
• August 2012
  • Curriculum Standards and Assessments (PDF)
  • Student Assessment and School Accountability in Utah (PDF)
• January 2012
  • Utah's Population Growth (PDF)

2011

• September 2011
  • Utah's General Sales & Use Tax (PDF)

2010

• September 2010
  • A History of Property Tax in Utah (PDF) (2011 NCSL Notable Document Award)
• August 2010
  • Property Taxes and School Funding in Utah (PDF)
• April 2010
  • Population Growth Continues Despite Slowing In-migration (PDF)
• January 2010
  • What's Happened to Taxpayers Under Utah's New Individual Income Tax? (PDF)

2009

• November 2009
  • Utah's Economy: What's Happened and Where Do We Go From Here? (PDF) (2010 NCSL Notable Document Award)

2007

• March 2007
  • Tax Relief & Reform (PDF) (2007 NCSL Notable Document Award)
• June 2007
  • Unauthorized Immigrants Briefing Paper (PDF)

2006

• December 2006
  • Income Tax Briefing Paper (PDF)
• March 2006
  • Gross Taxable Sales Grow Rapidly (PDF)
• January 2006
  • Population Briefing Paper (PDF)

2005

• December 2005
  • Understanding Medicaid - A Policymaker's Introduction (PDF) (2006 NCSL Notable Document Award)

2004

• January 2004
  • Utah's Economic and Demographic Trends Affecting Legislative Decision-Making (PDF)

2003

• April 2003
  • Demographic Profiles of Legislative Districts (PDF) (2003 NCSL Notable Document Award)

2002

• November 2002
  • Medicaid Spending: Controlling Costs (PDF) (2003 NCSL Notable Document Award)
  • Senate Confirmation of Judicial Appointments (PDF) (2003 NCSL Notable Document Award)
• September 2002
  • The Future of Highway Funding (PDF) (2003 NCSL Notable Document Award)

2001

• November 2001
  • Energy Policy Issues and Legislative Options (PDF) (2002 NCSL Notable Document Award)
  • Tax Primer (PDF) (2003 NCSL Notable Document Award)
• September 2001
  • Redistricting Committee Report (PDF)