Getting to the Bottom of Utah's Tax Burden

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Are we 4th or 14th Highest?

(KCPW News) Lawmakers today will most likely give Utahns a tax cut totaling about 70 million dollars. In the same breath, they may also give voters the chance to choose a sales tax hike. Throughout the debate, lawmakers have used a statistic calculating Utah's overall tax burden to make their case. That is to say, how much money Utahns pay in taxes, when you add it all up. The Beehive State comes in as the fourth-highest tax burden in the nation . . . or does it? KCPW's Julie Rose takes a closer look at contention over the claim:

 

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