If someone told you that the key to the success of the Utah Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force may well be found in an examination of the in-state vs out-of-state effects of the current draft proposal, your eyes would probably glaze over and you might suddenly recall a dentist appointment that you had forgotten.
It is probably safe to say that the public in Utah would like to see two things coming out of the Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force process: Lower taxes, but also more of the things that our taxes pay for – such as education, infrastructure, public health, poverty prevention and a long list of other critical services.