I got destroyed by Utah. Paying roughly 1/3 of what my federal taxes are.

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Feb 11, 2019
2:37:49pm

ebv All-American

Makes me consider moving to a state without income tax. Washington and Texas look tempting.

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Did anyone else's Utah taxes explode this year? KSL is doing a story on it tonight. Despite our income & deductions

BlueBlood94 All-American

2/11/19 2:30pm

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Buffalo

2/11/19 2:31pm

Yes...I paid like a 1/3 more in taxes with similar income and deductions

B Blue

2/11/19 2:33pm

Utah did not account for the loss of personal exemptions on the Federal side.

BYUforlife

2/11/19 2:33pm

↑ This ↑

HuskerFan2

2/11/19 2:39pm

I doubt it was "by accident." Pretty sure they knew exactly what they were doing, and said nothing about it.

BlueBlood94

2/11/19 2:48pm

Agreed

BYUforlife

2/11/19 3:00pm

Yep they are like the posters on our board who claim to be conservatives but

pegushin

2/11/19 4:06pm

this seems like the correct answer to me

BYU71

2/11/19 2:42pm

Think I heard this as well from some co-workers. Seems to be the most likely explanation. Utah dropped the ball.

BlueBlood94

2/11/19 2:43pm

so if you ended up itemizing your deductions instead of taking the standard

jcase16byu

2/11/19 2:46pm

Yes. Deductions are different than the personal exemptions.

BYUforlife

2/11/19 3:01pm

So it's hard for me to tell because we adopted twice and this is the first

jcase16byu

2/11/19 2:34pm

The good news is that Utah is not massively over funded and has a $2B surplus

BYUinTX

2/11/19 2:34pm

Mine went up 10% ($2500 to $2800) from last year.

rggee

2/11/19 2:34pm

So they took $300 more than last year.

rggee

2/11/19 2:43pm

Yep, I paid over a $1k more. It was a bit ridiculous. Federal was about the same

CSoul

2/11/19 2:36pm

We paid an extra $400 or so this year, but I wouldn't say they exploded

UberDeek

2/11/19 2:37pm

I got destroyed by Utah. Paying roughly 1/3 of what my federal taxes are.

ebv

2/11/19 2:37pm

Sorry. Texas is full.

Tokolosh

2/11/19 2:45pm

Darn. Looks like everything /isn't/ bigger in Texas.

ebv

2/11/19 2:48pm

..of itself.

foofcoug

2/11/19 2:48pm

I think you pay more in property tax in Texas than income+property taxes in Utah

Star-Lord

2/11/19 2:55pm

Might be true, but your property also costs less to purchase in the first place.

ebv

2/11/19 3:02pm

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Star-Lord

2/11/19 3:09pm

Depends entirely on your income and property value.

Tokolosh

2/11/19 3:56pm

Tell me this, how do you think those states get tax revenue?

Chester Copperpot

2/11/19 2:55pm

Through other avenues, including property and sales tax. I'm well aware.

ebv

2/11/19 3:01pm

Did your actual tax jump or did your refund just do down?

Chester Copperpot

2/11/19 3:03pm

That's a tricky question. I made about 30% more in 2018 than in 2017.

ebv

2/11/19 3:17pm

I was hammered in past when my employer didn't take state out correctly

byukarl

2/11/19 2:39pm

That can certainly be a problem. You can find the calculation online

BYUforlife

2/11/19 3:09pm

Yep. Looks like I owe Utah about $550

mottman

2/11/19 2:40pm

Got about $1300 back last year from Utah, this year $9

braddahmike

2/11/19 2:40pm

That doesn't say anything about your tax burden. Just that your W-4 is more

molodyets

2/11/19 3:19pm

Rate went up 21% for me. First time I have ever owed. I usually get about $1300

WhirleyPop

2/11/19 2:53pm

Our state increased $1300. We added a second income ($17k) though.

bluebooks

2/11/19 2:56pm

Nope! new Federal law that gives active military spouse ability to choose state

ABN RGR

2/11/19 3:29pm

utah went up by about 1k

jwf

2/11/19 3:30pm

The new personal exemption calculation is typically the culprit, parents were eliminated and

Dynomite

2/11/19 3:42pm

Math is hard for the Utah legislature.

panguitch

2/11/19 7:21pm

yeah, we have eight kids and are paying more now

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